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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. | 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, the meat ''(tipr)'', with the Ablative clitic ''=yār''. Additionally, by explicitly mentioning the meat he is introducing new information, as it had not yet been introduced into the discourse: | ||
1) Non-incorporated NP: | 1) Non-incorporated NP: | ||