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Onomatopoetic expressions are exceedingly rare, being confined to 

 three animal names and one verbal stem. 



mi'tcmitc grouse (probably called so from its cry niU-mU) 



pupuhu'n%k! owl 



qo'qoq swan (white) 



xun- to snore H wan xu^n now he snores 27.9 



A few terms appear in a reduplicated form (see § 109). 

 § 138. STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES 

 The absence of nominal incorporation and polysynthesis as gram- 

 matical devices renders the Siuslaw sentence subject to easy analysis, 

 and prevents the many complications that are met with in many other 

 American languages. Each part of the sentence — such as subject, 

 nominal object, predicate, and attribute — is expressed by means of a 

 phonetically independent word. The successive order in which these 

 parts of a sentence are arranged is arbitrary and exempt from any 

 well-defined rules. The subject may be placed at the beginning or at 

 the end of the sentence, usage favoring its occurrence at the very end, 

 especially in cases where the sentence contains a nominal subject and 

 object. 



Iklariufk^ HmEg/a^'tx ha^'qmas hlya'wa Screech-Owl was continu- 

 ally dancing alongside of the fire 86.2, 3 



Ik/an^wa'Ti^ wi'nxa^n ants pEni's Screech-Owl fears that Skunk 

 86.5 



tsl'TcIya wi'nxahi ants pEni's Ik.'an^wa'Tc'^ very much is afraid of 

 that Skunk, Screech-Owl 86.3 



jntca'ya^x Iqatuwlyu's ants qlutcv/ni they two go over logs, these 

 women 88.15, 16 



Nominal objects may either precede or follow the subject of the 

 sentence. 



hlna'^un ants plna'st Xk ! an^wa'lc^ she intends to take along that 



sick man, Screech-Owl 88.1, 2 

 voaa'aSi squma! ants Iqlal'o'ma said Pelican to that Sea-Gull 44.17 

 Of a similar free position are those parts of the sentence that 

 express adverbial ideas. They may precede or follow the verb. 



Ha^x tdh'wojtc Jiakwa'a^ they two into the water will be thrown 



88.7, 8 

 xa'lhit qa'xuntc Iqatuvnyu! stc he climbs up on a tree 12.4 

 yaklislc'mu' hlaya' H tlyu'^^ on a small place they live 38.19 

 Plcwa'yunanx Jc'^ Ifi'a^ SExa^' you may get salmon in the boat 48.18 



§ 138 



