piacere

Coding frame

a+1 > V.subj[2] > 2

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(6)

A Mario piacciono le equazioni.

Mario

piaccio-no

like.PRS-3PL

ART.DEF.F.PL

equazion-i

equation-F.PL

‘Mario likes equations.’

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(766)

Marco piace a tutti per il suo coraggio.

Marco

Mark

piac-e

like-PRS.3SG

tutt-i

all-M.PL

per

for

ART.DEF.M.SG

su-o

his-M.SG

coraggi-o

courage-M.SG

‘Everybody likes Mark for his courage.’

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(801)

Gli piace la matematica.

gli

DAT.3SG.M

piac-e

like-PRS.3SG

ART.DEF.F.SG

matematic-a

maths-F.SG

‘He likes Maths.’

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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).

#	LIKE	Coding set	Argument type
1	liker	a+NP	X
2	liked entity	V.subj	S

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	Coded?	Derived Coding frame	Examples
C Direct Reciprocal Reflexive more info	RRegularly	y	1/2 > siV'.subj[1/2]	(9) Anna e Luca si sono piaciuti subito. ‘Anne and Luke immediatly liked each other.’ ★
U Causative more info	RRegularly	n	4 > causV'.subj[4] > 2 > a+1	(7) L'insegnante fa piacere la matematica agli studenti. ‘The teacher gets the students to like Maths.’ ★
U Object Omission more info	NNever	n
C Passive more info	NNever	y
C Conative more info	NNever	y
C Reflexive Passive more info	NNever	y
U Locative Alternation more info	NNever	n
C Anticausative (coded) more info	NNever	y
C Indirect/Dative Reflexive more info	RRegularly	y		(13) Non si piaceva e perciò non si è guardata allo specchio. ‘She didn’t like herself and that’s why she didn’t look at herself in the mirror.’ ★
U Oblique Subject more info	RRegularly	n		(767) Il coraggio di Marco piace a tutti. ‘Everbody likes Mark's courage.’ ★
C Middle Reflexive more info	NNever	y
U Anticausative (uncoded) more info	NNever	n
C Impersonal Reflexive more info	NNever	y
C Direct Reflexive more info	NNever	y
C Impersonal of Reflexives more info	RRegularly	y		(141) Ci si piace. ‘One likes oneself/You like yourself/We like ourselves/They (indef.) like themselves.’ ★
C Impersonal Passive more info	NNever	y
U Body part possessor alternation more info	NNever	n
U Possessor-Attribute Alternation more info	NNever	n
U Applicative more info	NNever	n
C Indirect Reciprocal Reflexive more info	NNever	y

			*Valency Patterns Leipzig online database* is edited by Hartmann, Iren & Haspelmath, Martin & Taylor, Bradley and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

piacere

Coding frame × Coding frame The coding frame of a verb contains the information about the way its arguments are coded, either flagged (by adpositions and case-markers on the arguments) or indexed (by person-markers on the verb).

Examples × Example Glossed examples illustrate verbs, coding frames, and alternations.

Coding frame

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