Re: Trigger language?

Speaking of Trigger languages (WHich seems to have drifted into
Linguistics land :)), i'm thinking of adding two additional triggers to
Saalangal, but i'm not sure if they could be properly classified as such:

- Causative - the focus would be on the one who caused the action.

A sample sentence could be translated as "he caused the item to break",

- Unintentional - the focus would be on the result of the action with the
action being unintentional.

A sample sentence may be translated as: "He didn't mean to break it". With
this one i'm wondering if the agent or patient should be the focus.

Any ideas as to who each of these focuses should best focus on, or can i
leave it up to myself to decide?


If Tagalog had this, it would be easy, but it doesnt and this is how i'm
making saalangal a bit different and more interesting. Rethinking both,
these could be related triggers, The first being an intentional action,
and the second of course being unintentional.

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