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| − | # | + | # Monovalent (1 argument) |
| − | # | + | ## Intransitive, e.g. "I eat" |
| − | # | + | ## Indirect, e.g. "I (have) want" |
| − | # | + | ## Stative/Adjectival, e.g. "She is beautiful" |
| − | # Ditransitive, e.g. "I give them that" | + | # Divalent (2 arguments) |
| − | # | + | ## Transitive, e.g. "I eat food" |
| + | # Trivalent (3 arguments) | ||
| + | ## Causative, e.g. "I want (to eat)" | ||
| + | ## Ditransitive Recipient, e.g. "I give them that" | ||
| + | ## Ditransitive Benefactive/Comitative, e.g. "She is beautiful to me" | ||
== The Verbal Template == | == The Verbal Template == | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 8 August 2017
Contents
Verb Classes
Potential verb classes:
- Monovalent (1 argument)
- Intransitive, e.g. "I eat"
- Indirect, e.g. "I (have) want"
- Stative/Adjectival, e.g. "She is beautiful"
- Divalent (2 arguments)
- Transitive, e.g. "I eat food"
- Trivalent (3 arguments)
- Causative, e.g. "I want (to eat)"
- Ditransitive Recipient, e.g. "I give them that"
- Ditransitive Benefactive/Comitative, e.g. "She is beautiful to me"
The Verbal Template
| 1 (req.) |
2 (opt.) |
3 (opt.) |
4 (usu req.) |
5 (opt.) |
6 (req.) |
7 (opt.) |
8 (opt.) |
9 (usu req.) |
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negation of verb | recipient/patient/agent (if separate from topic) |
incorporated noun/adj./verb | verb stem | recipient/patient/agent (in trivalent expressions) |
verb suffix | recipient/patient/agent (if separate from topic) |
