Re: Trigger systems

Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...> wrote for Pablo Flores
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In a language using a trigger system, it's not useful to talk about =
subject, object, etc., and word order may greatly vary. In Tagalog, the =
predicate (the
nominalized verb) is the first word in the sentence, and the trigger is =
last. Other languages might be different. It's equally useless to talk =
of transitive
or intransitive verbs, or of voice (active, passive, middle).
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It till strikes me that all so-called "verbs" in this thread are really
"substantifs" quoting in English "the one ----ing/ed/ee" in two possible
arrangements, namely
"There's X's Y" and "Z is X's Y." Can you use these "verbs" as plain nouns?
If
so, would the nouns mean (i) "the one --ing/ed/ee" or (ii) "the fact
of --ing/ed/ee"?
If (i) it's an attributive system, if (ii) it's an active (verbal) system.

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