nagihin

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

(19)

Anake muani cenik ento nagihin reramanne pipis.

anak=e

person=DEF

muani

male

cenik

small

ento

that

nagihin

ask_for

reraman=ne

parents=3POSS

pipis

money

‘The boy asked his parents for money.’

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).

#	ASK FOR	Coding set	Argument type
1	asker	Ø	A
2	askee	Ø	P
3	requested thing	Ø	P

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		(122) Reramanne tagihina pipis teken anake muani cenik ento. ‘The parents were asked some money by the boy.’ ★
C Passive ka- alternation	RRegularly		y		(167) Reramanne katagihin pipis teken anake muani cenik ento. ‘The parents were asked some money by the boy.’ ★
C Resultative ma- alternation	NNever		y
C Causative with instrument causee more info	NNever		y
C Causative with Theme causee more info	NNever		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