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Triggers (giving the noun in the direct case specific semantic roles) were marked by adding infixes to the verbal grade of the root. | Triggers (giving the noun in the direct case specific semantic roles) were marked by adding infixes to the verbal grade of the root. Proto-Lakovic had eight triggers: | ||
Proto-Lakovic had eight triggers: | |||
*'''agent''' trigger: unmarked? | *'''agent''' trigger: unmarked? | ||
*'''patient''' trigger: {{angbr|əp}} | *'''patient''' trigger: {{angbr|əp}} | ||
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*'''comitative''' trigger: {{angbr|lis}} | *'''comitative''' trigger: {{angbr|lis}} | ||
In most branches (Ashanic, Tseeric, Tumhanic, Pfiunic, Häskä, Tsrovesh), the original trigger system became a set of derivational affixes. Txapoallian Lakovic reinterpreted the trigger system into a more head-marking, polysynthetic system. Only some modern Eta-Lakovic languages retain a trigger system today. | In most branches (Ashanic, Tseeric, Tumhanic, Pfiunic, Häskä, Tsrovesh), the original trigger system became a set of derivational affixes, much like binyanim (originally marking voice) in Semitic languages. Txapoallian Lakovic reinterpreted the trigger system into a more head-marking, polysynthetic system. Only some modern Eta-Lakovic languages retain a trigger system today. | ||
====Nominalization==== | ====Nominalization==== | ||