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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. | ||
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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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