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In:Approaches to Interlinguistics and Esperanto Studies
Edited by Ilona Koutny and Nicolau A. Dols Salas
[Studies in World Language Problems 12] 2027
► pp. 286–308

Chapter 19
The predicative markers -iĝ and -ig in the verbal valency system of Esperanto

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The suffixes -ig and -iĝ: A syntactic mechanism?
  • 3.Change in the number of actants? Limits of the principle
  • 4.Compatibility of -ig and -iĝ with non-verbal elements
  • 5.Schematic form and properties of the marker -ig
  • 6.Schematic form and properties of the marker -iĝ
  • 7.Conclusion and research perspectives
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • Interlinear glosses
  • Bibliography
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