Language: Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian)
Contributors: Victoria Khurshudian and Michael Daniel
References: Daniel et al. 2009.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: LOOK AT [look-at]
Comment: corpus frequencies: 148024/166/0 (basic/middle/causative); look, control (transitive); look at, look after (dative)
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: 1-nom 2-dat V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looker | NP-nom V.subj | S |
| 2 | looked at entity | NP-dat | X |
| (43) |
Մարդը նայեց տղային: Maɾdə najecʰ tʁajin. maɾd-ə man-def naj-ecʰ look-aor.3sg tʁa-ji-n boy-dat-def The man looked at the boy. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (168) |
Շատ կարեւոր է, որ մարդիկ սովորեն լավ ֆիլմեր նայել: šat kaɾevoɾ e voɾ mardik sovoɾen lav filmeɾ najel. šat very kaɾevoɾ important e aux.3sg voɾ that mardik people sovoɾ-en learn-sbjv.3pl lav good film-eɾ film-pl naj-el look-inf It is very important that people learn to watch good movies. Comment: ‘look’: transitive version; the verb may not be the same as the dative verb 'look at', in terms of both coding properties and probably also semantics, and could have been isolated into a separate lexical entry; though it is not fully clear how to distinguish between the dative and the transitive frames in contexts where there is not Target present. |
