a prefix to the possessum. Subordinate clauses precede matrix clauses, and are marked by a suffixed clause-final marker. Relative clauses are internally headed. Crow has postpositional phrases, with the postposition often occurring as a prefix to the following verb. There is no distinct category of adjectives; instead, stative verbs function as noun phrase modifiers. Crow is an active–stative language, with verbs divided into two classes, active (both transitive and intransitive) and stative, largely on semantic grounds. This is also often called a "split intransitive" language. Noun-phrase syntax An analysis of Crow noun phrase syntax under generative grammar has yielded the following rules: a. NP → N' (DET) b. i. N' → N ii. N' → [s...N' head...] (relative clause) iii. N' → NP N' (genitive/possessive) iv. N' → PP N' (PP modifier) c. Q → DP Q (quantifier phrase) d. DP → DEM NP (demonstrative phrase) e. NP → NP NP (appositive) f. NP → S (COMP) (nominalization) g. i. NP → (NP CONJ)^n (coordinate NP with dak) ii. NP → (N' CONJ)^n DET (coordinate N' with xxo) There are two phrases that are subordinate to the NP (noun-phrase): (1) the DP (demonstrative phrase) and (2) the QP (quantifier phrase). A noun phrase can be marked as definite or indefinite by a suffixed determiner (DET). The definite suffix is /-sh/ and the indefinite suffix is /-m/. iisáakshee-sh (definite) 'the young man' bía-m (indefinite) 'a woman' The determiner suffix is attached to the final word of the noun phrase, not just the agentive noun. Relative Clauses: N' → [s...N' head...] Genitive Clauses: N' → NP N' Postpositional Phrases: N' → PP N' Quantifier Phrases: Q → DP Q There are two classes of quantifiers that are distinguished syntactically. The first class heads a quantifier phrases that takes a demonstrative (or in its stead, a noun phrase) as its complement: xaxúa. The second class is a stative verb that may function as a nominal modifier. This class includes: ahú 'many, much', hawa 'some', kooshtá 'few', sáawi 'how many, so many, some', and the numerals. This class may also be followed by a determiner. They may also function as clausal predicates. Demonstrative Phrases: Q → DP Q Demonstratives are deictic words; in Crow, they occur phrase-initially. They can also cooccur with determiners (ex. 'this the horse'). Appositives: NP → NP NP /ko/ (demonstrative) and /kon/ (appositive) are used to modify each other. Relative