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== Clearer clause boundaries == | == Clearer clause boundaries == | ||
Verbs may not be underfilled; they always require as many arguments as their definition calls for. | Verbs may not be underfilled; they always require as many arguments as their definition calls for. | ||
{{Example|Shao tú poq, lä sho zaomıa já.|Everybody wants to become famous.}}{{Example| | {{Example|Shao tú poq, lä sho zaomıa já.|Everybody wants to become famous.}}{{Example|*Shao tú poq.|Everybody wants. (Everybody wants what?)}} | ||
Consequently, nouns and adjectives must be intransitive, because Toaq's syntax gives them a single covert argument. | Consequently, nouns and adjectives must be intransitive, because Toaq's syntax gives them a single covert argument. | ||
{{Example| | {{Example|*Ké jea|The buyer (buyer of what?)}}{{Example|Ké jea lô chao|The buyer of the vehicle}}{{Example|*Tú poq buı|Everybody outside (outside what?)}}{{Example|Tú poq nı̣buı|Everybody outside this place}} | ||
Determiner complements and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials. | Determiner complements and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials. | ||
{{Example| | {{Example|*Ké kuqnu|The alleged (not: "the allegation")}}{{Example|Ké kuqnu juna|The alleged fact}} | ||
When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}. | When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}. | ||