Re: Evolution of Applicatives

From:    Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>
> --- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> skrev:
> > ..applicatives *increase* the valency, not decrease
> > them. PPs are (generally) adjuncts; your own example
> > above is an example of this.
>
> Oopsie. Of course, applicatives increase valency. What
> was I thinking? I think I get it now--complements,
> like /mara-je/, are not counted in valency operations,
> but when I promote it to patient, the total valency of
> the sentence increases by one. [...] Correct?
Right.

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