xwèrii

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Example

(54)

Xötö pwâxwâ xwèrii na kamûrû.

xötö

boy

pwâxwâ

much

xwèrii

want

na

PST

kamûrû

man

‘The boy liked the man.’

Verb meanings , 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).

#	LIKE	WANT	Coding set	Argument type
1	liker	wanter	Ø	A
2	liked entity	wanted 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 Nominalization alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(227) Kèè-xwèrii rèèmwââ-nâ fabere nâ. ‘His desire for my house makes me angry.’ ★
U Object Omission alternation more info	–No data		n
U Ambitransitive Alternation 1 more info	NNever		n
C Conative alternation more info	–No data		y
C Middle alternation more info	NNever		y
U Impersonal alternation more info	–No data		n
C Reflexive/Reciprocal omission alternation more info	–No data		y
C Causative alternation more info	–No data		y
C Applicative alternation more info	NNever		y
U Oblique/Direct alternation more info	–No data		n
U Ambitransitive Alternation 2 more info	NNever		n