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An important point about these verbs is that it is the CF , or the root if there is no
CF , which is actually agent - descriptive , i . e . , describes what the agent is
doing but gives no information about what is happening to the patient . If there is
a root ...
An important point about these verbs is that it is the CF , or the root if there is no
CF , which is actually agent - descriptive , i . e . , describes what the agent is
doing but gives no information about what is happening to the patient . If there is
a root ...
Page 256
For such verbs the root further specifies what happened to the patient : as ' pile ' ,
äht different place ' , kiwe ' return ' . The causative CFs are considerably more
complicated . First of all , they divide into a general causative CF iht , and a series
...
For such verbs the root further specifies what happened to the patient : as ' pile ' ,
äht different place ' , kiwe ' return ' . The causative CFs are considerably more
complicated . First of all , they divide into a general causative CF iht , and a series
...
Page 261
For the latter example , it is particularly instructive to see that this patient of a
pattern meaning is kept separate from the normal patient meaning which is
conveyed with an explicit inverse - marker - ikro, it - ācim / iko / si = w ' he is thus
narrated ...
For the latter example , it is particularly instructive to see that this patient of a
pattern meaning is kept separate from the normal patient meaning which is
conveyed with an explicit inverse - marker - ikro, it - ācim / iko / si = w ' he is thus
narrated ...
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