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enclitic signals the same information about the undergoer. Note that the
form of the clitic pronouns is the same in both instances; only position dis
tinguishes actor from undergoer. The distinction between actor and under
goer is preserved with intransitive verbs, as (29c-f) show; jak "go" takes
only the actor proclitics, while rhët "fall" takes only the optional undergoer
enclitics.
The actor-undergoer contrast expressed in the verbal cross-reference is
maintained in the syntax. In control (equi-NP-deletion) constructions, the
omitted argument in the dependent core is always the actor, without regard
for whether the controller is actor or undergoer. This is illustrated in (30)-
(32).
(30) a. Gopnyan geu-tém [(geu-)jak].
3sg -want go
"(S)he wants to go."
b. Geu-tém [(geu-)taguen bu].
3-want cook rice
"She wants to cook rice."
Gopnyan geu-tém [rhët].
3sG -want fall
"(S)he wants to fall."
d. Aneuk agam nyan ji-tém [geu-peuréksa lé dokto].
child male that -want -examine by doctor
"That child wants to be examined by the doctor."^31
(31) a. Geu-yue-neuh [(neu-)jak keunoe].
3A-order-2u (2A-)go to. here
"(S)he ordered you to come here."
b. Geu-yue lôn[(lôn-)peugot kuwéh].
3 A-order lsG (lsGA-)make cake
"(S)he ordered me to make a cake."
Lôn-yue [piyôh-geuh].
lsG A-order stop-3u
"I told him/her to stop."
(32) a. Gopnyan geu-jak(*geu-)pula pisang.
3SG 3A-go plant banana
"(S)he went planting bananas."
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