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Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Example

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Sono otokoga sono syo:neno mita.

sono

that

otoko=ga

man=NOM

sono

that

syo:nen=o

boy=ACC

mi-ta

look.at-PST

‘That man looked at that boy.’

Verb meanings , 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).

#	LOOK AT	SEE	Coding set	Argument type
1	looker	seeer	NP-nom	A
2	looked at entity	seen entity	NP-acc	P

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
C Anticausative with /rasar/ more info	NNever		y
C Causative more info	RRegularly	mi-sase-ru	y	4-nom 1-dat 2-acc V'cause	(17) Darekaga danse:ni syo:neno misaseta. ‘Someone made the man look at the boy.’ ★
C Lexical argument decreasing alternation more info	RRegularly	mie-ru	y		(15) Syo:nenga mieta. ‘The boy was seen.’ ★
C Lexical argument increasing alternation more info	NNever	N/A	y
C DO passive more info	RRegularly	mi-rare-ru	y	2-nom 1-dat/niyotte V'pass	(16) Syo:nenwa otokoni mirareta. ‘The boy was looked at by the man.’ ★
C IO passive more info	NNever		y
C potential (property) more info	RRegularly		y	2-nom V'pot	(19) Yu:re:wa mieru. ‘The ghost was seen.’ ★
C Potential (ability) more info	RRegularly	mi-e-ru	y	1-nom 2-acc V'pot	(18) Sono danse:(ni)wa yu:re:ga mieru. ‘That man can see the ghost.’ ★