Re: Evolution of Applicatives
| From: | Steven Williams <feurieaux@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 16:40 |
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--- "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.
/mara-je a-t kias-sai/
boat.at I/you.ACT step.PER
valency = 1
/mara-s'a a-t e-kias-sa-i/
boat.PAT I/you.ACT at.step.PER
valency = 2
Correct?