Classifier constructions in sign languages: Difference between revisions

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|CHILD<sub>1</sub> MOTHER<sub>2</sub> APPLE Cl<sub>round-object</sub>-<sub>1</sub>GIVE<sub>2</sub>||The child gives an apple to the mother.}}There are also correlations between specific types of classifier constructions and the kind of [[Valency (linguistics)|argument structure]] they have:{{Sfn|Carlo|2014|p=52}}
 
# Predicates with a handling classifier are [[Transitive verb|transitive]] (with an external and an internal argument)
# Predicates with a whole entity classifier are intransitive [[Unaccusative verb|unaccusative]] (one single internal argument)
# Predicates with a body part classifier are intransitive [[Unergative verb|unergative]] (one single external argument)
 
=== Classification ===