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Verb form, noun form: Difference between revisions
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We shall use the terms '''verb form''' and '''noun form''' to refer to any strings of words that can function as “verbs” and “nouns” respectively. Namely, we’ll define | We shall use the terms '''verb form''' and '''noun form''' to refer to any strings of words that can function as “verbs” and “nouns” respectively. Namely, we’ll define | ||
; verb | ; [[verb form]]s: [[atomic verb|single verb words]] ({{t|toa}}, {{t|bụfoaq}}), [[serial verb]]s without arguments ({{t|dua maı}}, {{t|fuı tua mara}}), and special verb forms like [[predicatizer]]s ({{t|po jí}}) or [[quote]]s ({{t|shu ‹kası›}}) or [[ë|{{t|ë}}-phrases]] ({{t|ë tı súq ní}}) {{TODO|on the fence about whether this should include verbs with “prefilled” slots, i.e., object incorporation – {{t|choaı sâ nuı}}}}; finally including [[conjunction]]s ({{t|de ra fıe}}) and [[focus]]ed versions ({{t|kụloı}}) of those | ||
; noun | ; [[noun form]]s: [[determiner phrase]]s ({{t|cáo}}, {{t|ké paı mara}}), [[pronoun]]s ({{t|máq}}, {{t|hụ́la}}), and [[complementizer phrase|subclause]]s ({{t|ꝡä tı súq ní}}, {{t|lä nuaobo báq shıaq jâ}}); finally including conjunctions ({{t|pío de róı é fıe shía}}) and focused versions ({{t|tó báq lue}}) of those | ||
with the following idea in mind: | with the following idea in mind: | ||