Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula . e (R 63)or agent (if the verb has a passive sense ; C 52 ; F 118). But occasionally the predicate, whether an adjective (B 202 ; G iii ; R 125 ;R 139 ; U 18) or verb (C 142 ; F 10 ; F 54) is treated as the leading idea andput first. 1 Very rarely is the object thus thrown forward (C 166 ; K 5 ; M 76).Adverbs are apparently allowed a good deal of latitude as regards their position :they sometimes stand first in the sentence (Q 5), or before the verb (A 177 ;B 94), or after it (A 162). When they affect an adjective (or another adverb)they sometimes precede (H
Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula . e (R 63)or agent (if the verb has a passive sense ; C 52 ; F 118). But occasionally the predicate, whether an adjective (B 202 ; G iii ; R 125 ;R 139 ; U 18) or verb (C 142 ; F 10 ; F 54) is treated as the leading idea andput first. 1 Very rarely is the object thus thrown forward (C 166 ; K 5 ; M 76).Adverbs are apparently allowed a good deal of latitude as regards their position :they sometimes stand first in the sentence (Q 5), or before the verb (A 177 ;B 94), or after it (A 162). When they affect an adjective (or another adverb)they sometimes precede (H 153), but more often follow it (V 10 ; V 12, 13).Prepositions precede the word with which they are in special relation. Con-junctions hardly occur, and though there is a complicated array of demonstrativeand interrogative pronouns and pronominal adjectives and adverbs, there appearto be in Sakai and Semang no true relatives. In interrogative sentences inversion appears to be common. PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATINGLOCAL GROUPS.
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