Alternation ‘Reciprocal Alternation’ (Uncoded)

This type of coding pattern alternation pertains to a few verbs that have a reciprocal meaning, for example mannada 'MEET' and iyagihada 'TALK'. anda 'HUG' is an ambiguous case where people do not have to carry out an action in a reciprocal manner. In general, for the verbs above, a NOM-ACC case pattern alternates with a NOM-COM case pattern. The order of NPs from ex. 121 to shows that the comitative-marked argument does not seem to be embedded into the NP of the nominative-marked argument, speaking for a 'true' reciprocal alternation as opposed to ex. 124. Cases such as ex. 295 (with the verb nolda 'PLAY') could be seen as reciprocal alternations as well, although here there is no alternation of two coding patterns, but rather the comitative-marked NP seems to be an optional adjunct.

Verb Meaning Verb form Basic coding frame Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.