bauen

Coding frame

1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc

Simplex Verb form

Example

(58)

Der Präsident baut ein Haus.

der

DEF.M.NOM

Präsident

president(NOM)

bau-t

build-3SG.PRS

ein

INDEF.N.ACC

Haus

house(ACC)

‘The president builds a house.’

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).

#	BUILD	Coding set	Argument type
1	builder	NP-nom V.subj	A
2	built thing	NP-acc	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 Object Omission Alternation more info	NNever		n
U Ambitransitive Alternation (A>S) more info	NNever		n
C Prepositional Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Passive with werden more info	RRegularly		y	2-nom passV'.subj[2] (von+1-dat)
U Cognate Object Insertion more info	NNever		n
C be- Alternation (II) more info	RRegularly		y	1-nom beV'.subj[1] 4-acc mit+2-dat	(59) Wir bebauen den Boden mit Reihenhäusern. ‘We build non-detached houses on the land.’ ★
C ver- Alternation more info	NNever	Prefix ver- in verbauen introduces a new argument with the role of the 'building material'. The 'built thing' becomes optional.	y		(61) Er verbaute das ganze Holz. ‘He used up all the wood (for building something).’ ★
C be- Alternation (I) more info	NNever		y
C er- Alternation more info	NNever		y
U Benefactive Alternation more info	RRegularly		n	1-nom V'.subj[1] 3-dat 2-acc	(60) Der Musiker baut den Waisenkindern ein Haus. ‘The musician is building a house for the orphans.’ ★
C Anticausative Alternation more info	NNever		y
U Instrument Subject Alternation more info	NNever		n
C Impersonal Passive	NNever		y
C Passive with sein			y