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Potential verb classes:
 
Potential verb classes:
  
# Transitive, e.g. "I eat food"
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# Monovalent (1 argument)
# Intransitive, e.g. "I eat"
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## Intransitive, e.g. "I eat"
# Causative, e.g. "I want (to eat)"
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## Indirect, e.g. "I (have) want"
# Indirect, e.g. "I (have) want"
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## Stative/Adjectival, e.g. "She is beautiful"
# Ditransitive, e.g. "I give them that"
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# Divalent (2 arguments)
# Stative/Adjectival, e.g. "She is beautiful"
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## Transitive, e.g. "I eat food"
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# Trivalent (3 arguments)
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## Causative, e.g. "I want (to eat)"
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## Ditransitive Recipient, e.g. "I give them that"
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## Ditransitive Benefactive/Comitative, e.g. "She is beautiful to me"
  
 
== The Verbal Template ==
 
== The Verbal Template ==

Revision as of 15:01, 8 August 2017

Verb Classes

Potential verb classes:

  1. Monovalent (1 argument)
    1. Intransitive, e.g. "I eat"
    2. Indirect, e.g. "I (have) want"
    3. Stative/Adjectival, e.g. "She is beautiful"
  2. Divalent (2 arguments)
    1. Transitive, e.g. "I eat food"
  3. Trivalent (3 arguments)
    1. Causative, e.g. "I want (to eat)"
    2. Ditransitive Recipient, e.g. "I give them that"
    3. Ditransitive Benefactive/Comitative, e.g. "She is beautiful to me"

The Verbal Template

Slots
1
(req.)
2
(opt.)
3
(opt.)
4
(usu req.)
5
(opt.)
6
(req.)
7
(opt.)
8
(opt.)
9
(usu req.)
  1. question particle
  2. topic
  1. light verb
  2. auxiliary verb
  3. modal/numeral prefix
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)

Slot 1. Question/Topic

Slot 2. Verbal Prefix

Slot 3. Verbal Negation

Slot 4. Pronominal Prefix

Slot 5. Incorporated Stem

Slot 6. Verb Stem

Slot 7. Pronominal Infix

Slot 8. Verbal Suffix

Slot 9. Pronominal Suffix