Transitive agreement Sample Clauses

Transitive agreement. SAP>3rd person If we turn to the two transitive agreement paradigms in which an sap is in subject position and a third person in object position, we find the opposite order in true agreement and clitic ordering. Whereas in the four paradigms that we have seen in the previous two tables the subject clitic precedes the object true agreement, the clitic follows the true agreement in the paradigms that are summarized overleaf in table 4. These forms might seem a bit more problematic, since they look quite similar to the forms we have seen in tables 2a and 2b. We expect a uvular-velar-dental (third person true agreement) pattern in these morphemes to cross-reference with nominative marked 3rd person object, but instead of finding this series morpheme-final as we would expect, we find it morpheme-initial. The second part of these agreement morphemes might look like true agreement too on first sight, but they pattern completely with nominative case-marked possessed nouns (whereas the clitics in the tables 3a–b were similar to ergative case-marked possessed nouns). Especially the occurrence of -k- in the 1sg>3 paradigm and the single -n- in the 2sg>3sg paradigm point into a direction of such an analysis. We can conclude that the intrinsic order of the subject and object Object Language Singular Dual Plural Subject 1st person singular 3 Nau. -¯a-qa -¯a-xka -¯a-nka WIn˜u. -a-ka -a-xka -a-nka CAY -a-ka -a- ka -a-nka CSY -i-ˆa -i-ga -i-tka WG -a-ra -a-ra -a-kka/ka† WC -i-ga -i-kka -i-tka Subject 1st person dual 3 Nau. - ¯a- puk -¯a-xpuk -¯a-puk WIn˜u. -a-hpuk -a-xpuk -a-puk CAY -a- puk -a- puk -a-puk CSY – – – WG -a-rpuk -a-gpuk -a-xxx XX -i-kpuk -i-vuk -i-vuk Subject 1st person plural Table 4a: 1st Person Subject– 3rd Person Object agreement Object Language Singular Dual Plural Subject 2nd person singular 3 Nau. -¯a-n -¯a-xt n -¯a-t n WIn˜u. -a-n -a-xk n -a-t n CAY -a-n -a- k n -a-t n CSY -i-n -i-gin -i-t n WG -a-t -a-kit -a-tit WC -i-n -i-kkin˜ -i-tin Subject 2nd person dual 3 Nau. -¯a- t k -¯a-xt k -¯a-t k WIn˜u. -a-htuk -a-xtuk -a-tuk CAY -a- t k -a- t k -a-t k CSY – – – WG -a-rtik -a-gtik -a-tik WC -i-khik -i-hik/tik -i-hik/tik Subject 2nd person plural 3 Nau. -¯a- si -¯a-xsi -¯a-si WIn˜u. -a-hˇci -a-xˇci -a-ˇci CAY -a- ˇci -a- ˇci -a-ˇci CSY -i-si -i-ksi -i-si WG -a-rsi/rse† -a-gse -a-si/se† WC -i-khi -i-hi -i-hi Table 4b: 2nd Person Subject–3rd Person Object agreement cross-referencing morpheme in these paradigms is opposite from the order we have seen in table...