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This article analyzes the structure of objects in Fijian sentences. It argues that Fijian objects can occur in three structural positions: (1) incorporated into the verb, (2) dislocated and adjoined to a functional projection with a null pronominal in argument position, or (3) as complements inside the verb phrase for pronouns and proper nouns. This analysis supports classifying Fijian as a polysynthetic language, but also shows it has non-polysynthetic properties since some objects can be complements. The

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momofucku

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