Alternation ‘Causative-inchoative alternation of change of location predicates’ (Coded)

S = P. In contrast to “pure” change of state predicates which in the inchoative alternant involve either the verb gajgany 'go' in a non-motion reading, or the IV gardbany ‘fall’ as the cause of the change of state, predicates of change of location and motion are compatible with verbs of locomotion (i.e. both gajgany 'go' and garumany ‘come’) in the inchoative alternant, as well as with gardbany ‘fall’. The causative alternants are mainly formed with the transitive IVs ganangu ‘get, handle, manipulate’, expressing removal from a location, ganarrany ‘put’ expressing placement in a location (i.e. the IV semantically entails that an endpoint is reached), ganardgiyany 'throw' and ganiyu 'say/do' both expressing caused ballistic motion, but also with specific IVs of contact and force, depending on the semantics of the UV. This alternation shows the inchoative alternants, while the Inchoative-causative alternation of UV with change of location predicates shows the causative alternants.

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