Applicative Sentence
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An Applicative Sentence is a Natural Language Sentence that ..
- Example(s):
- "I hugged for the man (a cat).” (vs. "I hugged a cat for the man.")
- See: Sentence.
References
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- The last valence-changing operation is also semi-productive. It's called the applicative, and is associated with the suffix -kV (where the vowel is identical to the previous vowel in the root). This suffix allows one to add an argument to the argument structure. It's typically a promoted indirect object or prepositional phrase.