Re: CHAT: Nakiltipkaspimak

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > Could you please explain to me what incorporation is?
>
> It's when one of the arguments of a verb is made into part of the verb.
> The closest equivalent is English words like lawn-mower.  If English had
> noun-incorporation, you might have things like "he lawn-mowed".  An
> example from Utakassí:
Oh, that's simple enough, then.  Is there a special form of the noun used
for such incorporation?  Is it usually the object of the verb, or the
subject that incorporates?  Can both subject and object incorporate?  And,
finally, something that always puzzles me . . . how can one tell if the
noun is incorporated or if it's a separate word?

>
> Normal:
> Faluiuíntas paftúli natassákua naganúlkual
> Fa-  lu-  iuín-tas   p- aftú -li   na-tassá  -kua na-ganúl-kua-l
> Past-caus-die -3SRat G7-sword-inst G2-sibling-my  G2-enemy-my -erg
>
> Incorporated:
> Faluaftuiuíntas natassákua naganúlkual
> Fa-  lu-   aftu- iuín-tas   na-tassá  -kua na-ganúl-kua-l
> Past-cause-sword-die -3SRat G2-sibling-my  G2-enemy-my -erg
>
> "My enemy killed my brother with a sword"
>

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