Alternation ‘Direct object shift’ (Uncoded)

With a set of Yucatec three-argument verbs, either of the non-first arguments may be direct object, while the other non-first argument is preferably omitted. This alternation is called direct object shift. The set may be further subdivided as follows: 1. only bivalent (monotransitive) construction possible: hat ‘tear P off L’, tix ‘rinse P off L’, tíit ‘shake P off L, púust ‘remove P (dust) from L’, ts'ik ‘shave L’s P’ and ts’íil ‘peel P off L’; 2.trivalent construction possible: a. with locative shift: but’ ‘stuff P into L, fill L with P’, bak’ ‘wind P around L, wrap L in P’, b. with irregular valency alternation: okol ‘steal P from L’, ka’ns ‘teach L P’.

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