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== 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. Stative verbs often incorporate oblique nominals to background them, thereby focusing on the single core argument. The following two examples, the first with no incorporation, and the second with incorporation of the oblique nominal '' | Although noun incorporation in Minhast is associated with transitive verbs, intransitive verbs may incorporate nouns. Stative verbs often incorporate oblique nominals to background them, thereby focusing on the single core argument. 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: | ||