cuuri

Coding frame

1 2-acc 3-abl V

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(11)

(Maaling) (kaaya oorang=dering) (kuuda[=yang]) arà-cuuri.

maaling

thief

kaaya

rich

oorang=dering

man=abl

kuuda=yang

horse=acc

arà-cuuri

nonpast-steal

‘The thief steals the horse from the rich man.’

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(68)

Dee aràcuuri baaye kaaya oorang padadering kaaya oorangderingjo aràcuuri.

dee

arà-cuuri

nonpast-steal

baaye

good

kaaya

rich

oorang

man

pada=dering

pl=abl

kaaya

rich

oorang=dering=jo

man=abl=emph

arà=cuuri

nonpast=steal

‘He steals from the rich men, it is from the rich that he steals.’

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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).

#	STEAL	Coding set	Argument type
1	stealer	Ø	A
2	stolen thing	NP-acc	P
3	stealing source	NP-abl	I

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	Coded?	Examples
U Reciprocal alternation	–No data	n
U General NP addition more info	MMarginally	n
U General NP drop more info	RRegularly	n	(69) Oorangpe baarang pada samma aràcuuri. ‘He steals all the people's goods.’ ★

			*Valency Patterns Leipzig online database* is edited by Hartmann, Iren & Haspelmath, Martin & Taylor, Bradley and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

cuuri

Coding frame × Coding frame The coding frame of a verb contains the information about the way its arguments are coded, either flagged (by adpositions and case-markers on the arguments) or indexed (by person-markers on the verb).

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