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Laqme: collapse the syntax analysis

2024-09-19T14:28:40Z

collapse the syntax analysis

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	{{Example\|Shua múao êcı jí.\|The tree falls, caused by me.}}		{{Example\|Shua múao êcı jí.\|The tree falls, caused by me.}}

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	Syntactically, one way of understanding this behavior is by treating {{t\|bo-}} as a [[𝑣]] head. Just like in the case of [[unaccusative verb]]s like {{t\|ruqshua}}, {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> does not take a specifier (corresponding to the Subject); unlike monotransitive verbs like {{t\|maı}}, the “subject” of a {{t\|bo-}}<code>X</code> for some ditransitive <code>X</code> is syntactically not a Subject but an Indirect Object (SpecVP). Compare:		Syntactically, one way of understanding this behavior is by treating {{t\|bo-}} as a [[𝑣]] head. Just like in the case of [[unaccusative verb]]s like {{t\|ruqshua}}, {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> does not take a specifier (corresponding to the Subject); unlike monotransitive verbs like {{t\|maı}}, the “subject” of a {{t\|bo-}}<code>X</code> for some ditransitive <code>X</code> is syntactically not a Subject but an Indirect Object (SpecVP). Compare:

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	[[File:bọdo súq báq shamu.png\|thumb\|{{t\|bọdo súq báq shamu}}. {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> takes no Spec𝑣P and {{t\|súq}}, the first argument or “Subject”, fills IO.]]		[[File:bọdo súq báq shamu.png\|thumb\|{{t\|bọdo súq báq shamu}}. {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> takes no Spec𝑣P and {{t\|súq}}, the first argument or “Subject”, fills IO.]]
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	== Unofficial definition ==		== Unofficial definition ==

Uakci: syntactic digression about hoemaı!bo-

2024-09-02T19:18:52Z

syntactic digression about hoemaı!bo-

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	{{Example\|Shua múao êcı jí.\|The tree falls, caused by me.}}		{{Example\|Shua múao êcı jí.\|The tree falls, caused by me.}}

			Syntactically, one way of understanding this behavior is by treating {{t\|bo-}} as a [[𝑣]] head. Just like in the case of [[unaccusative verb]]s like {{t\|ruqshua}}, {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> does not take a specifier (corresponding to the Subject); unlike monotransitive verbs like {{t\|maı}}, the “subject” of a {{t\|bo-}}<code>X</code> for some ditransitive <code>X</code> is syntactically not a Subject but an Indirect Object (SpecVP). Compare:

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			[[File:do jí súq báq shamu.png\|thumb\|left\|{{t\|do jí súq báq shamu}}]]
			[[File:bọdo súq báq shamu.png\|thumb\|{{t\|bọdo súq báq shamu}}. {{t\|bo-}}<sub>𝑣</sub> takes no Spec𝑣P and {{t\|súq}}, the first argument or “Subject”, fills IO.]]
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	== Unofficial definition ==		== Unofficial definition ==

Laqme: Initial article

2024-05-30T15:09:43Z

Initial article

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The prefix {{t|bo-}} is a [[passivizer]] that turns verbs into a passive form.

== Refgram definition ==
{{Refgram|morphology|passivizer prefixes}}
In the [[refgram]], {{t|bo-}} is shown to turn transitive verbs into new transitive verbs:

{{Example|cho|___ likes ___}}
{{Example|bọcho|___ is liked by ___}}
{{Example|Bu bọcho jí kúne.|I'm not liked by the dog.}}

It doesn't say what {{t|bo-}} does for intransitive or ditransitive verbs.

== Semi-official definition ==
However, [[Hoemaı]] has since suggested<ref>https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/334810940392341514/1081885960226209932</ref> that it might be better for {{t|bo-}} to move the '''direct object''' to the front and '''delete''' the old subject entirely.

{{Example|bọcho|___ is/gets liked.}}
{{Example|bọdo|___ is/gets given to ___.}}

This means we can no longer use {{t|bộtua}} and {{t|bộtao}} as agent tags, and so we must use a new word (like {{t|ecı}}).

{{Example|Shua múao êcı jí.|The tree falls, caused by me.}}

== Unofficial definition ==
An unofficial proposal suggests that {{t|bo-}} always makes intransitive verbs, replacing both the old subject and indirect object by {{t|sá}}.

{{Example|bọcho|___ is/gets liked (by someone).}}
{{Example|bọdo|___ is/gets given (to someone by someone).}}

== References ==
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