(Udmurt)

UV

UV: The exclusive word order is UV.

(1)moneberykt-e.
I.ACCturn3SG
’I feel sick.’ (F. Gulyás 2016: 173)

(2)ataj-ezberykt-e.
fatherACCturn3SG
’The father feels sick.’ (F. Gulyás 2016: 173)

(3)moneösky-t-e.
I.ACCvomitCAUS3SG
’I feel sick.’ (Bradley et al. 2019)

(4)monjyr-meberykt-i,šu-iśk-o:ćeber.
Ihead1SG.ACCturnPST.1SGsayPRS1SGnice
‘I turned my head around and said: nice.’ (Udmurt corpus)

In Udmurt arguments of type U are only marginally present. Research carried out by F. Gulyás (2016) identified only the verb beryktyny as participating in such a construction (1)–(2); Bradley et al. (2019) found one further example (3). In these sentences the verb follows U (1)–(3).

(The verb beryktyny can also mean ’turn (around)’, in which case the resulting structure has two arguments, an agentive subject and a patient object (4).)

Author: Erika Asztalos


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