A Grammar of Madurese

284 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure b. Ebu' nyaba'-i meja paket. mother AV.put-LOC table package ‘Mother put the ...

‘Locative’ -e 285 not the location is the subject. The theme can be subject of the object voice clause only when the verb lacks ...

286 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (13) a. Siti ngerem pesse-na dha' Amir/bang. Siti AV.send money-DEF to Amir/b ...

‘Locative’ -e 287 (18) Buku-na e-bagi guru-na ka red-mored. book-DEF OV-give teacher-DEF to RED-student ‘The book was given by t ...

288 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (21) Guru mem-beri buku kepada murid-murid. Indonesian teacher AV-give book t ...

‘Locative’ -e 289 (26) Murid-murid ngèkèk-i guru-né buku. Javanese (eastern) RED-student AV.give-LOC teacher-DEF book ‘The stude ...

290 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure communication–verbs such as bala ‘say’, acareta ‘tell’, adungeng ‘tell a stor ...

‘Locative’ -e 291 (37) Deni a-bala dha' Budi ja’ Ali se ma-becce’ sapedha motor-ra. Deni AV-say to Budi COMP Ali REL AV.CS-good ...

292 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure large, the preposition heading the PP is ka/dha' ‘to’. The selection of this ...

‘Locative’ -e 293 (45) a. %Amie maji'-i taretan-na.^6 Amie AV.hate-LOC brother-DEF ‘Amie hates his brother.’ b. Amie maji'-i ka ...

294 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure grammatical with ka-, as in (49). (49) Siti e-ka-parcaja-ne Hasan. Siti OV-KA ...

‘Locative’ -e 295 1.5 Dynamic intransitive verbs The locative suffix is found with noncontrolled dynamic intransitive verbs (Cha ...

296 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure Two predicates that generally pattern with this class of verbs are notewor- t ...

‘Locative’ -e 297 (61) Dayat ngedhung-e bine-na. Dayat AV.sleep-LOC wife-DEF ‘Dayat slept with his wife.’ The idiosyncratic inte ...

298 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (66) Alwi e-(ka-)busen-ne bi' Nabun. Alwi OV-KA-bored-LOC by Nabun ‘Nabun is ...

The suffix -agi 299 The object voice form with -e does not have a causative interpretation; that is, it is not ambiguous. An obj ...

300 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (75) a. Marlena ngeba kothak kaangguy Siti. Marlena AV.carry box for Siti ‘Ma ...

The suffix -agi 301 The object voice variants of these clauses have both expected and unex- pected features. (78) a. Na'-kana' e ...

302 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (81) %Ebu' e-kerra'-agi rote bi' Bibbi'. mother OV-slice-AGI bread by aunt ‘A ...

The suffix -agi 303 (84) Marlena ngeba'-agi kothak kaangguy Siti. Marlena AV.carry-AGI box for Siti ‘Marlena carried the box for ...