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*''-ay'' (h): abstract noun | *''-ay'' (h): abstract noun | ||
*With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan 'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of some infinitives being marked with stress shifts in [[Shalaian]] (''riwháin'' vs. ''ríwhain''). | *With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan 'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of some infinitives being marked with stress shifts in [[Shalaian]] (''riwháin'' vs. ''ríwhain''). | ||
==Syntax== | |||
Proto-Shalaian syntax was AuxVOS: | |||
*Stative verbs (eventually all intransitives): Aux_i prep VN-w_i S_i (abs/erg in Shal.) | |||
*Dynamic verbs (eventually transitives): Aux_i prep s_j-VN-w_i O_j S_i (abs/erg in Shal.) | |||
*Infinitive clauses: prep VN.INF-w_i S_i O ... (nom/acc in Shal.) | |||