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2006-Jul-19, Wednesday
VOS: Some Syntax
2006-Jul-19, Wednesday 20:29Lexical verbs can be used as syntactical adjectives as well as syntactical verbs. Lexical nouns can be used as syntactical verbs as well as syntactical nouns. The terms used below are used syntactically.
The word order within a clause is VOS; when both are manifest as phrases, secondary objects precede primary arguments. The number of manifest phrases depends on the form of the head word.
The order of clause components is:
determiner - quantifier - noun - adjectives - relative clause
Complement clauses are introduced by the proclitic particle CC- (la-). Adverbial clauses are introduced by the proclitic particle Adv- (i-). There are conjunctions (not necessarily proclitic) which work in a similar way.
Relative clauses are introduced by a "such that" particle RC and contain the relative clause actant -Rel (-ro) or Rel- (ro-). Nonrestrictive clauses are formed the same way, but place the particle NR (sel) before RC. NR placed before an adjective makes it nonrestrictive.
The word order within a clause is VOS; when both are manifest as phrases, secondary objects precede primary arguments. The number of manifest phrases depends on the form of the head word.
The order of clause components is:
determiner - quantifier - noun - adjectives - relative clause
Complement clauses are introduced by the proclitic particle CC- (la-). Adverbial clauses are introduced by the proclitic particle Adv- (i-). There are conjunctions (not necessarily proclitic) which work in a similar way.
Relative clauses are introduced by a "such that" particle RC and contain the relative clause actant -Rel (-ro) or Rel- (ro-). Nonrestrictive clauses are formed the same way, but place the particle NR (sel) before RC. NR placed before an adjective makes it nonrestrictive.