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DMITRY LEVINSON (2006). Polarity Sensitivity in Inflectional Morphology.
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~dmitryle/Levinson_BLS2006_proceedings.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 3630&langcode=fin (2021-05-15).
Example #1:
(4) Ammu-i-n karhu-a / karhu-n
shoot-Pst-1Sg bear-Part / bear-Acc
`I shot at a/the bear / I shot a/the bear'
Example #2:
(5) saa-n karhu-j-a / karhu-t
get-1Sg bear-Pl-Part / bear-PlAcc
`I'll get (some) bears / the bears'
Example #3:
(6) Pekka huomasi miehen /*miestä.
Pekka-NOM noticed man-ACC/*man-PRT.
`Pekka noticed a/the man'.
Example #4:
(7) Huomasi-ko Pekka miehen/miestä?
Noticed-Q Pekka-NOM man-ACC/man-PRT.
`Did Pekka notice a/the man?'
Example #5:
(8) Harva/*moni huomasi miestä. FEW
Few/*many noticed man-PRT.
`Few/many people noticed a/the man'.
Example #6:
(9) Ennenkuin/*Senjälkeen Pekka huomasi miestä... BEFORE
Before /*after Pekka noticed man-PRT
`Before/after Pekka noticed a/the man...'
Example #7:
(11) Piha-lla juokse-e poik-i-a. (Finnish)
yard-ADESSIVE run-PRES.3SG boy-PL-PART
`There are boys running in the yard.'