Comparative Concept: second position (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
second position (str)
Typ | strategy |
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Alias(se) | second position |
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a strategy in which the element in question is positioned after the first element in the phrase or clause. Example: in Tohono O'odham ban 'o g cu: wĭ huhu'id [coyote aux def jackrabbit chase] 'The coyote is chasing the jackrabbit', the auxiliary o' is in second position in the clause. (Section 13.4)