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List of figures and maps Figures Figure 3.1 Relations between phonological word and grammatical word in the surface form of verbal words 95 Figure 3.2 Relations between phonological word and grammatical word in the surface form of nominal words 95 Figure 3.3 Relations between phonological word and grammatical word in the surface form of particle-root nominal words 96 Figure 4.1 Major features of Kotiria noun classes 101 Figure 4.2 Hierarchy of animates 113 Figure 4.3 The noun classification continuum 129 Figure 5.1 Nominal morphology 152 Figure 6.1 Morphology of number modifying constructions 182 Figure 6.2 Order of modifiers within the NP 196 Figure 8.1 Morphology of finite verbs 245 Figure 8.2 Relatively lexical vs. relatively grammatical properties of noninitial morphemes in the verb 265 Figure 9.1 Revised analysis of Kotiria evidentials 272 Figure 9.2 Alignment and mismatches of aspect in evidentials and events or states 280 Figure 9.3 Interrogative clause modality compared with statement clause modality 303 Figure 11.1 A sample form from a Kotiria linguistic census 359 Maps Map 1.1 Location of ethnic-linguistic groups in the Vaupés region 9 ...

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