Universal #1493

Legacy number: 1493

 Number  1489
 Original  Incorporation takes place with the verbs denoting permanent and general activity (also typical or characteristic activity) whereas "accidental" or indifferent activities take autonomous direct object.
 Standardized  Incorporation is favoured with the verbs denoting permanent and general activity (also typical or characteristic activity) whereas "accidental" or indifferent activities take autonomous direct object.
 Keywords  incorporation, verb
 Domain  inflection, syntax, semantics
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  American languages surveyed by Sapir 1911
 Source  Sapir 1911: 259, 264; Hagège 1978: 60

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Discussion
Notes
Derived predicates (after incorporation) have the tendency to become idiomatic (lexicalized).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Derived predicates (after incorporation) have the tendency to become idiomatic (lexicalized).