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Mark C. Baker and O.T. Stewart (1998). Verb Movement, Objects, and Serialization.
URL: http://equinox.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/baker/edo-V-movt.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 316&langcode=bin (2018-07-23).
Example #1:
($N10) Òzó ghá hàé íghó nè Úyì.
Ozo FUT pay money to Uyi.
`Ozo will pay money to Uyi.'
Example #2:
($N11) a. Òzó ghá gié!gié/fé!kó/*ègié!gìé/*zùròzùrò kó!kó ògó.
Ozo FUT quickly/slowly/*quickly/*foolishly gather bottle
'Ozo will quickly/slowly gather the bottles.'
Example #3:
b. Òzó ghá kòkó ògó ègìégìé/zùròzùrò/*gié!gié/*fé!kó
Ozo FUT gather bottle quickly/foolishly/quickly/slowly
'Ozo gathered the bottles quickly/foolishly.'
Example #4:
($N13) a. Òzó vbié la ifuanro igbe.
Ozo sleep(PAST) for minute ten.
`Ozo slept for ten minutes.'
Example #5:
b. Òzó vbié-rè la ifuanro igbe.
Ozo sleep-RV for minute ten.
`Ozo slept for ten minutes.' (suggests he woke up refreshed)
Example #6:
($N14) a. Èmà nà sùún.
pounded.yam this smooth
`This pounded yam is smooth.'
Example #7:
b. Èmà nà sùún-rùn.
pounded.yam this smooth-RV
`This pounded yam became smooth.'
Example #8:
($N15) a. *Úyì ghá vbié-rè.
Uyi FUT sleep-RV
`Uyi will have slept.'
Example #9:
b. *Òzó ghá!á kpó!ló-rò.
Ozo PST/HAB sweep-RV
`Ozo used to have swept.'
Example #10:
c. *Àdésúwà òré Òzó má kó!kó-rò.
Adesuwa FOC Ozo not raise-RV
`It's Adesuwa that Ozo has not raised.'
Example #11:
($N16) Òzó rré-*(rè) gié!gié
Ozo come-RV quickly
`Ozo has quickly come.'
Example #12:
($N17) Òzó (ghá) gié!gié rré(*-rè)
Ozo will quickly come(*-RV)
`Ozo will quickly come/quickly came .'
Example #13:
($N19) *Òzó lé-rè gié!gié ìyán nà.
Ozo cook-RV quickly yam this
`Ozo has quickly cooked this yam.'
Example #14:
($N20) *Òzó lé-rè ìyán nà.
Ozo cook-RV yam this
`Ozo has cooked this yam.'
Example #15:
($N21) Ìyán nài òré Òzó lé-rè gi é!gié ti
yam this FOC Ozo cook-RV quickly
`This yam, Ozo has quickly cooked.'
Example #16:
($N22) a. Òzó guòghó(*rè) àkhé.
Ozo break-RV vase.
`Ozo has broken the vase.'
Example #17:
b. Àkhéi guòghó-rè (giégié) ti
pot break-RV quickly.
`The pot has broken (quickly).'
Example #18:
($N23) a. Òzó mián!mián-rén gèlé wèé Úyì dé ìyán
Ozo forget-RV truly that Uyi buy yam
'Ozo has truly forgotten that Uyi bought yams.'
Example #19:
b. Àmè òré Òzó tùé-rè (gié!gié) yè íkóróbá.
water FOC Ozo pour-RV quickly into bucket
`It's water that Ozo has quickly poured into the bucket.'
Example #20:
c. Èmá!tón òré Òzó gbé-rè nó!dè.
metal FOC Ozo beat-RV yesterday.
`It's metal that Ozo beat yesterday.'
Example #21:
($N36) a. Òzó lé èvbàré ré. CONSEQUENTIAL SVC (CSVC)
Ozo cook food eat
Ozo cooked food and ate it.
Example #22:
b. Òzó (gié!gié) suá àkhé dé RESULTATIVE SVC (RSVC)
Ozo (quickly) push pot fall.
`Ozo quickly pushed the pot down.'
Example #23:
($N37) a. Òzó ghá lè èvbàré (*ghá) rè.
Ozo FUT cook food (*FUT) eat
`Ozo will cook the food and eat it.'
Example #24:
b. Òzó má lé èvbàré (*má) ré.
Ozo PST/NEG cook food (*PST/NEG) eat.
`Ozo didn't cook the food and eate it.'
Example #25:
($N80) a. Òzó ghá suà àkhé (*ghá) dè.
Ozo FUT push pot (*FUT) fall
`Ozo will push the pot down.'
Example #26:
b. Òzó má suá àkhé (*má) dé.
Ozo PST/NEG push pot (*PAST/NEG) fall
`Ozo didn't push the pot down.'
Example #27:
($N38) a. *Èvbàré òré Òzó lé-rè (gé!lé) khi én. (Good if khien is dropped.)
food Foc. Ozo cook-RV truly sell
`It's this food that Ozo has truly cooked and sold.'
Example #28:
b. *Ozo de-re (giegie) wu (good without wu or re)
Ozo fall-RV quicklydie.
`Ozo quickly fell and died.
Example #29:
c. *Àkhé òré Òzó suá-rè (gié!gié) dé.
pot FOC Ozo push-RV quickly fall
`This pot, Ozo (*has) pushed down.'
Example #30:
($N39) a. *Èvbàré òré Òzó lé-rè khi én-rèn
food FOC Ozo cook-RV sell-RV
`It's food that Ozo has quickly cooked and sold.'
Example #31:
c. *Àkhé òré Òzó suá-rè dé-re.
pot FOC Ozo push-RV fall-RV
`This pot, Ozo has pushed down.'
Example #32:
($N40) a. Òzó hìá rrí èvbàré.
Ozo try eat food.
`Ozo tried to eat the food (and succeeded).'
Example #33:
b. Òzó gé!lé mián!mián kìé èkhù.
Ozo truly forget open door
`Ozo truly forgot and opened the door.'
Example #34:
($N41) a. Òzó hìá-rè rrí èvbàré.
Ozo try-RV eat food.
`Ozo tried to eat the food (and succeeded).'
Example #35:
b. Òzó miànmián-rèn gé!lé kìé èkhù.
Ozo forget-RV truly open door
`Ozo has truly forgotten and opened the door.'
Example #36:
($N45) a. Àdésúwà òré Òzó kó!kó-(ró) mòsè
Adesuwa Foc. Ozo raise-RV beautiful(A)
'It's Adesuwa that Ozo raised to be beautiful.'
Example #37:
b. Àdésúwà òré Òzó kó!kó(-*ró) mòsé.
Adesuwa Foc. Ozo raise-RV be.beautiful(V)
'It's Adesuwa that Ozo raised to be beautiful.'
Example #38:
($N46) Obi kwá-dà-rà Ézè (Ihionu 1992?:174)
Obi push-fall-fact Eze
Obi pushed Eze down.
Example #39:
($N47) *Àdá sì-rí-rí jí
Ada cook-eat-fact yam
`Ada cooked and ate the yams.'
Example #40:
($N65) a. Òzó dùnmwún èmà ghá khié!n.
Ozo pound yam ITER sell
'Ozo produced pounded yam and sold it repeatedly.'
Example #41:
b. *Òzó sùá ògó ghá dé.
Ozo push bottle ITER fall
`Ozo pushed the bottle(s) down repeatedly.'