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Not all nouns can be incorporated. Proper nouns and many kinship terms, e.g. ''anxea'' (brother) cannot be incorporated. Similarly, toponyms and demonyms cannot be incorporated. Only one lexical noun root can be incorporated at a time. Nouns functioning in most case roles can be incorporated, but such incorporation interacts with the semantics of the verb, e.g. Locatives are restricted to locomotive and positional verbs, while Datives are restricted to donor verbs. The incorporation of Instrumentals and Datives usually do not affect valency, as the Patient argument slot of the clause remains open. However, as in most incorporating languages, Agents cannot be incorporated. | Not all nouns can be incorporated. Proper nouns and many kinship terms, e.g. ''anxea'' (brother) cannot be incorporated. Similarly, toponyms and demonyms cannot be incorporated. Only one lexical noun root can be incorporated at a time. Nouns functioning in most case roles can be incorporated, but such incorporation interacts with the semantics of the verb, e.g. Locatives are restricted to locomotive and positional verbs, while Datives are restricted to donor verbs. The incorporation of Instrumentals and Datives usually do not affect valency, as the Patient argument slot of the clause remains open. However, as in most incorporating languages, Agents cannot be incorporated. | ||
When noun incorporation occurs, the noun is stripped of all case and pronominal markings and is appended immediately after the verb root<ref>Minhast is unusual in its placement of the incorporated noun, as most SOV languages place the incorporated noun ''prior'' to the verb root. Minhast, although classified as an SOV language, may have developed from an | When noun incorporation occurs, the noun is stripped of all case and pronominal markings and is appended immediately after the verb root<ref>Minhast is unusual in its placement of the incorporated noun, as most SOV languages place the incorporated noun ''prior'' to the verb root. Minhast, although classified as an SOV language, may have developed from an earlier verb-initial stage.</ref>. | ||
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