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=== Incorporation of Body Parts === | |||
Body parts are often incorporated in attributive verbs. The pronominal affix represents both the subject of the clause (i.e. the syntactic pivot), as well as the possessor of the incorporated body part: | Body parts are often incorporated in attributive verbs. The pronominal affix represents both the subject of the clause (i.e. the syntactic pivot), as well as the possessor of the incorporated body part: | ||
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==== Interaction of Applicatives ==== | |||
Interestingly, [[Minhast#Preverb_5_Applicative_Affixes|applicatives]] can be added to incorporating stative verbs to promote the oblique nominal whose thematic relation is that of Cause or Source. The Ablative Applicative ''-raħk-'' is usually selected for this operation. When the applicative is applied, the oblique nominal argument ''purrak'' is promoted to Absolutive status, thereby increasing the valency; nevertheless, the verb remains intransitive: | Interestingly, [[Minhast#Preverb_5_Applicative_Affixes|applicatives]] can be added to incorporating stative verbs to promote the oblique nominal whose thematic relation is that of Cause or Source. The Ablative Applicative ''-raħk-'' is usually selected for this operation. When the applicative is applied, the oblique nominal argument ''purrak'' is promoted to Absolutive status, thereby increasing the valency; nevertheless, the verb remains intransitive: | ||
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=== Incorporation of Natural Phenomenon and Meteorological Events === | |||
Some natural phenomenon, like meteorological events, can undergo noun incorporation, as is the case with ''yam'' "sea", in this example: | Some natural phenomenon, like meteorological events, can undergo noun incorporation, as is the case with ''yam'' "sea", in this example: | ||
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==== Valency and Agreement Marking Irregularities ==== | |||
It remains debatable as to whether stative verbs with incorporated meteorological nouns are monovalent or zero-valent. The following example lends support to a monovalent interpretation: an overt non-null pronominal agreement marker ''-i-'' indicates that an underlying third person inanimate plural absolutive argument exists and has undergone pro-drop: | It remains debatable as to whether stative verbs with incorporated meteorological nouns are monovalent or zero-valent. The following example lends support to a monovalent interpretation: an overt non-null pronominal agreement marker ''-i-'' indicates that an underlying third person inanimate plural absolutive argument exists and has undergone pro-drop: | ||