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Note that the Ablative Applicative has surfaced to promote the place, named "Kattek", from an ablative oblique argument, i.e. the Source, to a derived Absolutive. The incorporated noun ''tappe'' ("place, location"), has been incorporated to specify Kattek as a location. As Kattek is a proper noun, and proper nouns lie high on the animacy hierarchy, Type IV is allowed so that Kattek can be backgrounded and later retrieved as a core argument. | Note that the Ablative Applicative has surfaced to promote the place, named "Kattek", from an ablative oblique argument, i.e. the Source, to a derived Absolutive. The incorporated noun ''tappe'' ("place, location"), has been incorporated to specify Kattek as a location. As Kattek is a proper noun, and proper nouns lie high on the animacy hierarchy, Type IV is allowed so that Kattek can be backgrounded and later retrieved as a core argument. | ||
This example also illustrates how noun incorporation can trigger modifier stranding. In this example, the demonstrative ''sap'' has been stranded from its head ''tappe''. The absence of the ''min'' Connective is indicative that stranding has occurred. Demonstratives, when act acting as modifiers, require the ''min'' particle to join it to its NP head. As a stranded modifier, ''sap'' is treated as an adjunct, able to be placed anywhere in the clause, including in postverbal position as an anti-topic. | |||
=== Incorporation of Location === | === Incorporation of Location === | ||