Alternation ‘Causative alternation of internally caused change of state predicates and non-locative states’ (Coded)

S = P. In Jaminjung, predicates of internal causation have the characteristic property of being formed with the IV ganiyu ‘say, do’. This includes predicates of sound emisson, speech act, internal motion, and bodily or emotional condition. Most of these do not undergo any valency alternations, but some of them, notably those of bodily or emotional condition, have a causative alternant. The IV used to form the causative alternant is either ganangu ‘get, handle’ in a reading of non-physical manipulation, or ganilinymany ‘make’ which otherwise is rarely used as a causative verb. The same two verbs are used to form causatives of some non-locative stative predicates such as jurriya 'know' which are therefore also included with this alternation.

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