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<p>ghItlh SapIr:</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I suspect that part of the problem is that, for native speakers of </span><br>
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<div class="PlainText">English and most other European languages, the most natural place for the<br>
subject is before the verb. Thus, when we see *Soj vutlu'*, our<br>
instincts tell us that *Soj* is the subject, rather than an object in a<br>
sentence that doens't have an overt subject.</div>
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but placement of the object had nothing to do with my question. I based my question solely from the perspective that the pronominal prefixes which normally indicate first- or second-person subject are used with {-lu'}. My hope was that following that model,
we could also allow {-wI'} to see the assumed object as the subject. There is a form of "promotion" of object to subject, though admittedly incomplete, especially since the explicit object placement does not change. I admit that I couldn't recall the results
of previous discussions and so threw it in as an additional possability to be discussed for my purposes. I was not proposing it as my best suggestion and knew there was a good chance others would shoot it down. I accept their objections.</span></div>
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