"The Haida aystem of spatial deixis is realized through
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a set of thriteen directional suffixes occurring directly
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after the verb stem, a set of relational nouns2 basically
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denoting locations and occurring in combination with postpositions and nominal specifiers to denote directions and relative locations 'e.g., *iid 'down' (locational), *iid-ga 'down' (motional), NP *id-gu 'under NP' (locational), NP *id-gwii 'under NP" (motional», a set of demonstrative determiners, and two other verb suffixes denoting the type of extension of the activity denoted by the verb (-daal 'extended in one dimension (a line)', -gwaang 'extended in two dimensions (a plane)'). I am concerned here only with two of the directional suffixes and their associated relational nouns:
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-gahl
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-sa
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*'ad
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diid
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'toward the edge of a clear space' (toward
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the land when at sea, inland or into the
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forest from the beach, toward the edge of
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a room, toward the edge of a clearing or
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muskeg, ••• )
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'toward the center of a clear space' (out
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to sea from land, toward the beach when inland,
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toward the center of a room, toward
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the center of a clearing or muskeg, ••• )
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'in a clear space'
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'at the edge of a clear space'
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