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* '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | * '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | ||
* '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) | * '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) vs. “references to earlier phrases” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphora_(linguistics) anaphora]). | ||
* '''[[Animacy]]''': there different pronouns | * '''[[Animacy]]''': there are different third-person pronouns for animals vs. objects vs. ideas. There are even 9 different anaphoric pronouns for different types of grammatical constructs. | ||
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* All living animals have the pronoun {{t|nháo}} in Toaq, not just humans. | * All living animals have the pronoun {{t|nháo}} in Toaq, not just humans. | ||
* The subject (first argument) of a clause only | * The subject (first argument) of a clause binds only the anaphoric pronoun {{t|áq}}, so you cannot use {{t|hó, máq, hóq…}} to refer to it. | ||
* For each pronoun, there's a verb crated by affixing {{t|-bo}} to it that means “___ is (that pronoun)'s”. | * For each pronoun, there's a verb crated by affixing {{t|-bo}} to it that means “___ is (that pronoun)'s”. | ||
** For example, {{t|suqbo}} means “yours” and {{t|tabo}} means “its” (belonging to the referent of {{t|tá}}). | ** For example, {{t|suqbo}} means “yours” and {{t|tabo}} means “its” (belonging to the referent of {{t|tá}}). | ||