
Conlangery #106: Auxiliary Verb Constructions
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The Different Types of Auxiliary Verb Constructions
Auxiliary verb constructions sometimes form the historical basis for the benefactive applicative Where you take a verb and you add another argument to indicate who you've done something for. In some languages certain lexical verbs Will basically always appear with an auto-benefactive construction. The order of auxiliary and lexical verb matches the order of verb and object if you have a dominant word order, right? That makes sense.
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