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Re: Question about Morpheme Orders in Verbs.

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Monday, January 31, 2005, 17:57
Swahili:

Subj-TA-Obj-stem-(passive, applicative etc)-mood

So the obj agreement comes between the tense/aspect marker and the verb
stem.

>> From: Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> >> >> I'm trying to figure out if there are many languages >> in which personal endings are not at the periphery of >> the verbal complex. what I mean by this is if a verbal >> complex can have a form like: >> >> A) 1) VERB_ROOT + PERSONAL_MORPHOLOGY + TENSE/MOOD >> V+P+T >> >> 2) TENSE/MOOD + P.MORPH + VERB_ROOT >> T+P+V > > <snip> > > Mayan verbs are number 2: Aspect + Abs + Erg + Root > > Athey > /01/ > >