Alternation ‘Subject/Oblique Alternation’ (Uncoded)

The verb has a canonical intransitive construction and a non-canonical intransitive construction in which the argument encoded as the subject of the first construction is encoded as an oblique, whereas the subject position is occupied by an expletive 3rd person pronoun functioning as a mere place holder.

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