yirrg ganarrany

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Complex verb. LIt. 'tell/discuss + PUT'. The object of discussion or "story" is encoded as direct object, the recipient as dative/oblique.

Coding frame

Complex Verb form
Verb type: VV

Examples

(62)
Yirrg ngarram nu liny.
yirrg
tell
nga-rra-m=nu
1SG.A:3SG.P-put-PRS=3SG.DAT
liny
word/speech
‘I'm telling her the story.’
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(178)
Ngiyinanu yirrg burrurrarram mayi, murrgun burruyuma warrb.
ngiyina=nu
DIST=3SG.DAT
yirrg
tell/discuss
burrurr-arra-m
3PL.A:3PL.P-put-PRS
mayi
man
murrgun
three
burru-yu=ma
3PL.S-be.PRS=SUBORD
warrb
be.together
‘They are discussing (gossiping about) those people, the three sitting here.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# TELL Coding set Argument type
1 teller NP-erg subj.V A
2 tellee NP-abs obj.V P
3 told content NP-dat X

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Transitivity alternation of stative predicates more info
N y
C
Ambitransitive alternation more info
N y
C
Verbless/verbal clause with predicative nominal=UV more info
N y
C
Telicity alternation more info
R Atelic form yirrgbi lexicalised as 'talk' y
(63)
<Langa> Gunamu yirrgbi ngayu, Parkni.
‘At Gunamu I'm talking/telling, in the Park.’
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C
Causative-inchoative alternation of change of location predicates more info
N y
C
Causative-inchoative-stative alternation of predicates of location, position and configuration more info
N y
C
Causative-inchoative alternation of externally caused change of state predicates more info
N y
C
Reflexive-reciprocal alternation of IVs more info
N y
U
Ditransitive object alternation of IVs more info
N n
C
Locative-recipient alternation more info
N y
C
Causative-inchoative alternation of "cooking" predicates more info
N y
C
Causative alternation of internally caused change of state predicates and non-locative states more info
N y
C
Transitivity alternation of motion predicates more info
N y
C
Transitivity alternation of activity predicates more info
N y
C
Locative-object (applicative) Alternation more info
N y
C
Inchoative-causative alternation of change of location predicates more info
N y
C
Inchoative-causative-stative alternation of predicates of location, position and configuration more info
N y