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Coding frame

1 > V.subj[1] ( > LOC2)

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(356)

Mario abita in campagna.

Mario

abit-a

live-PRS.3SG

campagn-a

countryside-F.SG

‘Mario lives in the countryside.’

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(389)

La famiglia abita una villa abbandonata.

ART.DEF.F.SG

famigli-a

family-F.SG

abit-a

live-PRS.3SG

un-a

ART.INDF-F.SG

vill-a

country_house-F.SG

abbandonat-a

abandoned-F.SG

‘The family lives in an abandoned country house.’

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(605)

Mario abita da solo.

Mario

abit-a

live-PRS.3SG

sol-o

alone-M.SG

‘Mario lives on his own.’

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(803)

Paolo abita su un'isola tropicale.

Paolo

Paul

abit-a

live-PRS.3SG

un'=isol-a

ART.INDF.F=island-F.SG

tropical-e

tropical-F.SG

‘Paul lives on a tropical island.’

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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).

#	LIVE	Coding set	Argument type
1	liver	V.subj	S
2	living place	LOC	L

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 more info	NNever		n
C Passive more info	MMarginally	Passive is possible only with the transitive basic coding frame.	y		(390) Il villaggio è abitato dalle famiglie dei pescatori. ‘The village is inhabited by the fishermen's families.’ ★
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	NNever		y
U Oblique Subject more info	NNever		n
C Middle Reflexive more info	NNever		y
C Direct Reciprocal Reflexive more info	NNever		y
U Anticausative (uncoded) more info	NNever		n
C Impersonal Reflexive more info	RRegularly		y	siV' ( > LOC2)	(388) Lì si abita ancora in vecchi casali tra le vigne. ‘There one stills lives/we/you/they(indef.) still live in old farmhouses among the vines.’ ★
U Causative more info	RRegularly		n	3 > causV'.subj[3] > 1 ( > LOC2)
C Direct Reflexive more info	NNever		y
C Impersonal of Reflexives more info	NNever		y
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.

abitare

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.

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