After incorporation of the noun the verb becomes intransitive (if it was not already so). From this follows that other syntactic phenomena which are sensitive to the transitive/intransitive distinction will behave differently after noun-incorporation has taken place. Thus (a) Case marking in ergative languages changes. (b) In languages where the verb agrees with the direct object the agreement marker changes or deletes.
Standardized
Verbs with incorporated object nouns are intransitive for all morphological and syntactic purposes (such as case marking of subjects and verb agreement with objects).
Keywords
verb, transitivity, noun incorporation, case, verb agreement, direct object
Domain
morphology, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages with object-incorporation, including Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan), Yana (Hokan), Kitonemuk (Uto-Aztecan), Gunbalang (Gunwingguan, Australian), Onondaga (Iroquoian), Aztec (Uto-Aztecan), Tongan, Fijian (both Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian), Malagasy (Barito, Western Malayo-Polynesian), Turkish (Turkish, Altaic), and others
