ABSTRACT
CHAPTERI:ElementsofSimple-Sentencestructure
1.1Basicsentencestructure
1.11Thesimple"tense"markers-k,-m,and-F£
1.111Mojavesentencesreferringtothepastorpresentwhich
arefeltbythespeakertobetruestatements(indicativeasopposed
toh;ypothetical)haveverbsendingin-~,-~,or-1!£. -~and-~occurinwhatlookslikefreevariationonavery
widevarietyofsentences.Thechoiceof-~or-~astheindicative
markeronasimplesentenceappears(atthisstageofmyanalysis)to
bearbitrary.althoughitislikelythatsyntacticfactorsm&¥condi-
beinChaptern.)
(Ispeculateonwhatthesesyntacticfactorsm&¥
-~and-~havespecific(different)fUnctionsin
complexsentences--seesection1.17.Itdoesnotseemlikelythat
selectionof-~or-~isphonologicallyconditionedorthatitis
gdlernedmainlybythemeaningoftheverbofthesentence.
