wén (闻)

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Example

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Jiějie wéndàole huāxiāng.

jiejie

elder.sister

wen-dao-le

smell-COM-PERF

hua-xiang

flower-fragrance

‘My elder sister smelled fragrance of flower.’

Verb meaning , 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).

#	SMELL	Coding set	Argument type
1	smeller	Ø	A
2	smelled entity	Ø	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 Neutral Ditransitive Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Locative Inversion Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BA Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(110) Xiǎogǒu pǎojìnlái bǎ zhěnggè fángjiān wénle yībiàn. ‘The little dog ran in and smelled the whole room once.’ ★
C Ambitransitive Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BEI Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(111) Wǒ gāng jìn fángjiān jìu bèi xiǎogǒu shàngshàngxiàxià wénle yībiàn. ‘Right after I entered the room the little dog thoroughly smelled me once.’ ★
C Middle Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(112) Zhèzhǒng xiāngshuǐ wénqǐlái ràng wǒ tóuyūn. ‘This type of perfume smells in such a way that it makes me feel dizzy.’ ★
C Quantity Ratio Alternation more info	NNever		y