Other non-declarative

clauses

Below are ten recordings of non-declarative clauses in Karitiana. For a detailed examination of such clauses, see Everett 2006 in the Papers section of this site.

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Imperatives and complex clauses

1. Eat!

3. Come here.

7. When I hunt the snake bites me.

8. “Let’s go,” he said to us.

9. “Sleep,” he said to his child.

10. When I go to the village tomorrow I’m taking meat.

Karitiâna Data

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