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The trigger system is a Tagalog-style trigger system, with the focus on the direct case argument.  
The trigger system is a Tagalog-style trigger system, with the focus on the direct case argument.  


Without an explicit direct case argument, triggered verbs must be nominalized.
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**''‹ăs›'' = Agent trigger [= a weird way of syntacticizing passive voice/ergativity]
**''‹ăs›'' = Agent trigger [= a weird way of syntacticizing passive voice/ergativity]
**''‹ăl›'' = Reflexive trigger
**''‹ăl›'' = Reflexive trigger
*Applicative triggers - these meanings are not always literal
*Applicative triggers - these meanings are not always literal. Without an explicit direct case argument, these verbs must be nominalized.
**''‹ăn›'' = Applicative trigger
**''‹ăn›'' = Applicative trigger
**''‹ith›'' = Locative trigger
**''‹ith›'' = Locative trigger
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