Re: verb-noun-incorporation mania

H. S. Teoh wrote:


> Well, perhaps I didn't make things obvious enough. It *is* necessary to
> still mark the incorporated noun for case -- for example, the verb
> _lww'ma_ means "to carry", but the attached noun could be the carrier or
> the thing which is being carried.

In other words, case-marking on a verb-incorporating noun shows the
role of the noun wrt the incorporated verb, rather than its role
in its own clause?

If that is so, how does one show the "native" role?  For example,
in

        dog-AGT bit carry-man-AGT
        The dog bit the postman.

"postman" is a patient in its own clause, but is agent of the
incorporated verb "carry".  How is its patienthood shown?

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