fè

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Examples

Pa xûûchî fè ti xwârè.

pa

COLL

xûûchî

child

fè

go

ti

at

xwârè

river

‘Children are going to the river.’

Xötö wâ fè na kè döxûâ.

xötö

boy

wâ

PFV

fè

go

na

PST

kè

from

döxûâ

village

‘The boy left the village.’

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).

#	GO	LEAVE	Coding set	Argument type
1	goer	leaver	Ø	S
2	going goal	left place/person	LOC	L

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
U Object Omission alternation more info	NNever		n
U Ambitransitive Alternation 1 more info	NNever		n
C Conative alternation more info	NNever		y
C Middle alternation more info	NNever		y
U Impersonal alternation more info	–No data		n
C Reflexive/Reciprocal omission alternation more info	NNever		y
C Causative alternation more info	RRegularly		y
C Applicative alternation more info	NNever		y
U Oblique/Direct alternation more info	NNever		n
C Nominalization alternation more info	RRegularly		y
U Ambitransitive Alternation 2 more info	NNever		n