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Coding frame

1 > (PREP+2 > ) V > 3

Verb type: VV

Example

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Huàjiā (xiàng wǒmen) zhǎnshì tā de zuòpǐn.

huajia

painter

(xiang

(to

women)

1PL)

zhanshi

show

ta-de

3SG-POSS

zuopin

painting

‘The painter is showing his paintings (to us).’

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).

#	SHOW	Coding set	Argument type
1	shower	Ø	A
2	showing addressee	PREP+NP	X
3	shown thing	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 Middle Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BA Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(195) Tāmen hái bǎ huìhuà zuòpǐn zhǎnshì le yīfān. ‘Additionally, they put up a show of the paintings.’ ★
C Quantity Ratio Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Ambitransitive Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BEI Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(196) Huìhuà zuòpǐn hái bèi tāmen zhǎnshì le yīfān. ‘The paintings were shown by them.’ ★