yäxelal

Coding frame

1-erg 2-abl 3-abs abs[3].V

Complex Verb form

Example

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Kibba kuntalałco ɣeč'i yäxelca.

kibba

girl.ERG

kunta-la-ł-co

dress-OBL-INTER-ABL

ɣeč'i

tissue(IV).ABS

y-äxe-l-ca

IV-tear-CAUS-PRS

‘The girl tears the tissue from the dress.’

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).

#	TEAR	Coding set	Argument type
1	tearer	NP-erg	A
2	tearing source	NP-abl	X
3	torn thing	NP-abs & abs.V	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
U Recipient/Goal/Location Alternation 2 more info	NNever		n
U Accidental/Potential Intransitive Alternation more info	NNever		n
C Causative with -l/-ll more info	RRegularly		y	4-erg 1-instr 2-abl 3-abs abs[3].V'caus
U Ambitransitive Alternation more info	NNever		n
C Antipassive 1 Alternation more info	RRegularly		y	1-abs 3-instr 2-abl abs[1].V'antip	(180) Öžö kuntalałla kisad äxeldas. ‘The boy is busy tearing the dress pocket.’ ★
U Recipient/Goal/Location Alternation 1 more info	NNever		n
U Instrument Alternation more info	NNever		n
C Potential Alternation more info	RRegularly		y	1-poss 2-abl 3-abs abs[3].V'pot	(283) Kibbaqa kuntalałco ɣeč'i yäxeyɬiyo. ‘The girl could tear the tissue from the dress.’ ★
Causative with -k' more info	NNever
Causative with yowal more info	NNever
C Causative with golal more info	NNever		y
U Accidental/Potential Transitive Alternation more info	NNever		n
C Potential Transitivizing Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Antipassive 2 Alternation more info	NNever		y
U Object Incorporation Alternation more info	NNever		n