Minhast/Noun Incorporation: Difference between revisions
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The pattern of truncation is unpredictable; syllable loss may occur in initial, medial, or final positions, although noun roots with more than two syllables tend to lose either their medial or final syllables and retain the initial syllable, but exceptions abound, such as ''allāga'' > ''-lgagg-'' (conch) . | The pattern of truncation is unpredictable; syllable loss may occur in initial, medial, or final positions, although noun roots with more than two syllables tend to lose either their medial or final syllables and retain the initial syllable, but exceptions abound, such as ''allāga'' > ''-lgagg-'' (conch) . | ||
== Noun Incorporation in Intransitive Verbs == | == Noun Incorporation in Intransitive Verbs == | ||
Although noun incorporation in Minhast is associated with transitive verbs, intransitive verbs may incorporate nouns. | Although noun incorporation in Minhast is associated with transitive verbs, intransitive verbs may incorporate nouns. Verbs that take as their core NP with the Experiencer theta role often incorporate oblique nominals, whose theta role of Source or Cause, to background them, thereby focusing on Experiencer. The following two examples, the first with no incorporation, and the second with incorporation of the oblique nominal ''tipr'' ("meat") are semantically equivalent. The difference between the non-incorporated and incorporated versions is one of discourse purpose. | ||
In the first example, the speaker is explicitly adding information about the cause of his sickness. Additionally, by explicitly mentioning the meat he is introducing new information, as it had not yet been introduced into the discourse: | In the first example, the speaker is explicitly adding information about the cause of his sickness. Additionally, by explicitly mentioning the meat he is introducing new information, as it had not yet been introduced into the discourse: | ||