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Created possessive phrase with Gerundial
(Added example of incorporated nominalization, like Mohawk 'sher) |
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#A linker morpheme ''-n(n)-'' in the matrix verb precedes the embedded nominalization. | #A linker morpheme ''-n(n)-'' in the matrix verb precedes the embedded nominalization. | ||
The following text illustrates the incorporation of a nominalization with the Gerundial: | |||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase = tankuryār izzesparak išpisaxmattisnaxxalamiħyišattixtarru | |phrase = tankuryār izzesparak išpisaxmattisnaxxalamiħyišattixtarru | ||
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| gloss = eels=ABL canoe.ABS CAUS-INCH-exist-LNK-[INCH-be.high-in.air-RFLX-3S.INAN.NEUT.PT]-GER-3S.INAN.PT+3S.INDEF.AGT-PST-TRNS | | gloss = eels=ABL canoe.ABS CAUS-INCH-exist-LNK-[INCH-be.high-in.air-RFLX-3S.INAN.NEUT.PT]-GER-3S.INAN.PT+3S.INDEF.AGT-PST-TRNS | ||
| translation = My hovercraft is full of eels. | | translation = My hovercraft is full of eels. | ||
}} | |||
Deverbals formed by the Gerundial can serve as modifiers to the head of an NP: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = išpisaxmattisnaxxalamiħyišattixtarru min izzesparaktirekte | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = saxt-kalam-iħy-šatt-∅-x min izzesparak-tirek=de | |||
| gloss = INCH-be.high-in.air-RFLX-3S.INAN.NEUT.PT-GER CONN canoe-3S.INAN.ACC+1S.NOM=ERG | |||
| translation = my hovercraft | |||
}} | }} | ||