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===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Word order in Rówok tends in normal circumstances toward SOV, but it's really whatevs. | Word order in Rówok tends in normal circumstances toward SOV, but it's really whatevs. | ||
===Agency=== | |||
A little about agency in Rówok. Below are 6 sentences, the first of each set showing the middle voice and how agency differs between them depending on the semantic of the verb. Then follow provided active and passive examples with the same grammatical subject and main verb just for comparison. Basically it's like this: if the subject of the middle verb is the agent but not (necessarily) the patient, it is marked ergatively/actively; if it is both the agent and patient it is marked absolutively (marked here as "telic" for reasons). | |||
1) root '''krp'''- to fight | |||
'''mowokín kárpŧawan ''' | |||
dog.pl.'''erg''' fight.3.pl.'''MID''' | |||
the dogs are fighting (each other/amongst themselves) | |||
:+The key being that the dogs are the agents of fighting in a mutual exercise, but not patients, due to the semantics of 'fight'. | |||
'''mowokín razánka kárpawan''' | |||
dog.pl.'''erg''' bear.tel fight.3.sg.'''ACT''' | |||
the dogs are fighting a bear | |||
'''mwokíngod razánka kárpanak''' | |||
dog.pl.'''inst''' bear.tel fight.3.sg.'''PAS''' | |||
the bear is being fought by the dogs | |||
2) root '''wkd'''- to kill | |||
'''mwokínok wokóđowon''' | |||
dog.pl.'''tel''' kill.3.pl.'''MID''' | |||
the dogs are killing each other | |||
:+Here the dogs are both agents and patients, doing the killing action, of which they are also patients* | |||
'''mowokín saráynka wokódowon''' | |||
dog.pl.'''erg''' rabbit.tel fight.3.pl.'''ACT''' | |||
the dogs are killing a rabbit | |||
'''mwokíngod saráynka wokódonok''' | |||
dog.pl.'''inst''' rabbit.tel fight.3.sg.'''PAS''' | |||
the rabbit is being killed by the dogs | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||