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=== ''Vocativa tantum'' === | === ''Vocativa tantum'' === | ||
A ''vocativum tantum'' is a noun which appears solely in the vocative case. To be used in other syntactic roles, it must be used in conjunction with a classifier noun. Though these overlap with mass nouns, not all mass nouns are ''vocativa tantum'' and vice versa. For instance, " | A ''vocativum tantum'' is a noun which appears solely in the vocative case. To be used in other syntactic roles, it must be used in conjunction with a classifier noun. Though these overlap with mass nouns, not all mass nouns are ''vocativa tantum'' and vice versa. For instance, "caribou" in the nominative is phrased as ''dždu xhvnmi'' (<code>CLF caribou-VOC</code>). ''Vocativa tantum'' are pluralized by pluralizing the classifier rather than the classified noun. | ||
=== Defective nouns === | === Defective nouns === | ||
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! Srn ([[Srn]]) | ! Srn ([[Srn]]) | ||
! þksatrrn (bat ''(hon.)'') | ! þksatrrn (bat ''(hon.)'') | ||
! *xhvni ( | ! *xhvni (caribou) | ||
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| Nominative | | Nominative | ||