Alternation ‘Transitivity alternation of activity predicates’ (Coded)

S = A. A small class of UVs encoding an activity participate in a transitivity alternation with non-causative semantics. In this case the intransitive alternant (mostly with IVs gagba 'BE' or gajgany 'GO') expresses the activity with no regard for the affected participant, and the transitive alternant (mostly with IV ganima ‘hit’ in a secondary sense of ‘affect completely') expresses the affectedness of a second participant by the activity. The difference to the separately listed telicity alternation is that the UV in the intransitive alternant is not morphologically marked, and that the intransitive alternant never allows an absolutive object.

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