Re: PolyD Verbs

Jeff wrote:
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HA =	Higher Argument	- the person higher on the person hierarchy
LA =	Lower Argument	- the person lower on the person hierarchy
A3 =	Argument 3	- the 3rd argument
Align =	Alignment	- direct, inverse, or reciprocal
Voice =	Voice		- active, passive, or reflexive
Deriv =	Derivationals
Mood =	Mood
PA/RT =	Primary Aspect/Relative Tense
SA =	Secondary Aspect
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So...focusing on the alignment and voice sections...you have an
inverse system in addition to passive morphology?  So let's say
you have a 1st person argument and a 3rd person argument
with a...hmm.  Okay, let's stick with that.

Direct + Active: I affect him.
Inverse + Active: He affects me.
Reciprocal + Active: I affect him and he affects me.  (We affect each
other.)

This is pretty standard.  The next six are what confuse me a bit.
Assuming that the second argument is left in in a passive verb
(otherwise the alignment morphology wouldn't play any role
at all)...

Direct + Passive: I'm affected by him.
Inverse + Passive: He's affected by me.
Reciprocal + Passive: I'm affected by him and he's affected by me.
(We're affected by each other.)

And then...

Direct + Reflexive: I affect myself (and he...?).
Inverse + Reflexive: He affects himself (and I...?).
Reciprocal + Reflexive: I affect myself and he affects himself (and
we...?).

Assuming that for the last six you only have one argument, what
would the inverse and reciprocals mean?

Also, how does the contrafactual /u/ become an [E]?

Looks cool so far!

-David
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