ngisinin

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

(44)

Anake luh ento ngisinin lumuree ento aji yeh.

anak=e

person=DEF

luh

female

ento

that

ngisinin

fill

lumure=e

glass=DEF

ento

that

aji

with

yeh

water

‘The girl filled the glass with water.’

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets

Coding set

A coding set is the coding means of an argument. If the argument is only flagged (coded by an adposition or case), its coding set consists of the flag. If it is only indexed, the coding set consist of the index-series (e.g. subject marking). If it is both flagged and indexed, it consists of both flag and index-series.

and Argument types

Argument type

Arguments are classified into cross-linguistic argument types: A (argument coded like the 'breaker' of 'break'), P (argument coded like the 'broken thing' of 'break'), S (sole argument of a verb that lacks A and P), I (argument coded like the instrument of 'cut'), L (coded like the sitting location of 'sit'), and X (all others).

#	FILL	Coding set	Argument type
1	filler	Ø	A
2	filled container	Ø	P
3	filling material	aji+NP	I

Alternations

Alternation

A valency alternation is defined as a set of two different coding frames that are productively (or at least regularly) associated with both members of a set of verb pairs sharing the same verb stem. Alternations may be coded (marked by an affix on the verb, or by an auxiliary, like the English Passive) or uncoded (like the English Dative alternation).

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Alternation name	Occurs	Comment	Coded?	Derived Coding frame	Examples
C Passive -a alternation	RRegularly		y		(146) Lumure ento isinina yeh tekan anake luh ento. ‘The glass was filled with water by the woman.’ ★
C Passive ka- alternation	RRegularly		y		(192) Lumure ento kaisinin yeh tekan anake luh ento. ‘The glass was filled with water by the woman.’ ★
C Resultative ma- alternation	RRegularly		y		(218) Lumure ento maisi. ‘The glass was filled.’ ★
C Causative with instrument causee more info	RRegularly		y		(75) Anake luh ento ngisinang yeh ke lumuree ento. ‘The girl filled the glass with water.’ ★
C Causative with Theme causee more info	–No data		y
C Locative alternation (oblique to object) more info	NNever	it is already a locative construction	y
C Locative alternation (argument rearanging) more info	NNever	it is already a locative construction	y
C Locative alternation (argument adding)	NNever	it is already a locative construction	y