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Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
Language:
Georgian
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Active-inactive
Examples
Sentence igt-2309:
vaxt̩̩’ang i ekim i iqo
vaxt̩̩’ang
Vakhtang
i
pat
ekim
doctor
i
pat
iqo
be.aor.3sg
Vakhtang was a doctor
Sentence igt-2310:
nino m daamtknara
nino
Nino
m
agt
daamtknara
yawn.aor.3sg
Nino yawned
Sentence igt-2311:
nino m ačvena surat eb i gia s
nino
Nino
m
agt
ačvena
show.aor.3sg>3sg>3sg
surat
picture
eb
pl
i
pat
gia
Gia
s
dat
Nino showed the pictures to Gia
Sentence igt-2312:
me čamovedi uk’re otxšabat s
me
I
čamovedi
arrive.aor.sg1
uk’re
already
otxšabat
Wednesday
s
dat
I already arrived on Wednesday
Sentence igt-2313:
šen damxat’e me
šen
you
damxat’e
paint.aor.2sg>1sg
me
I
you painted me
Sentence igt-3883:
vaxt’ang-i ekim-i iqo
vaxt’ang-i
Vakhtang-
pat
ekim-i
doctor-
pat
iqo
be.AOR.
3sg
Vakhtang was a doctor.
Sentence igt-3884:
nino-m daamtknara
nino-m
Nino-
agt
daamtknara
yawn.AOR.
3sg
Nino yawned.
Sentence igt-3885:
nino-m ačvena surat-eb-i gia-s
nino-m
Nino-
agt
ačvena
show.AOR.
3sg
>
3sg
>
3sg
surat-eb-i
picture-
pl
-
pat
gia-s
Gia-
dat
Nino showed the pictures to Gia.
References
Harris 1981a
cite
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