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= Cognate Objects =
== COs are true arguments of their predicate ==
This is shown by runing tests on the distinction between adjuncts and arguments. One
of these tests is the ’do so test’ It shows that in an example like (1), the noun ’dance’ is
an argument of the verb ’dance’ because ’do so’ functions as a proform for V’: “when do
so is used as a substitute, it must stand for the verb and all its arguments”, (Macfarland
1995:104).
# Examples
'''(1)'''
'''(1a)'''
{| {{table}}
| ū || t(a) || ídō || (u)jɔ̀ || ókō || úbī || mī || ǒchálà || ŋʷɔ̀ || tʃ(e) || ǎlɛ̄ || gɛ
|-
| 1SG || dance(V) || dance(N) || cheerful || farm || back || my || Ochala || and || do || so/same || again
|-
| 'I danced a cheerful dance in my garden and Ochala did so too.' || 
|-
|}
'''(1b)'''
{| {{table}}
| *u || t(a) || ído || (u)jɔ || oko || ubi || mi || Ochala || ŋʷɔ || tʃ(e) || alɛ || ɛdo || dudu/ɛdo || ɛkpabjɛ
|-
| 1SG || dance(V) || dance(N)|| cheerful || farm || back || my || Ochala || and || do || so/same || sad
|-
| Intended: I danced a cheerful dance in the garden and Ochala did so a sad dance. ||
|}
== COs can be modified, including in relative clauses ==
'''(2)'''
{| {{table}}
| u || t(a) || ido || k(i) || a || tʃ(e) || ujɔ
|-
| 1SG || dance(V) || dance(N) || C || IMPF || COP1 || cheerful/joy
|-
| ‘I danced a cheerful dance’ ||
|}
== COs in Igala only occur with unergative verbs, and not with unaccusatives ==
= fV marker =
# it shows up only with transitive verbs;
## it has a meaning similar to perfective;
## it is incompatible with negation;
## it is incompatible with A′
### extraction of any kind (questions, relative clauses);
## it is in complementary distribution with another marker, mV.
== Complete situation ==
The morpheme fV has a perfective meaning and is used to decribe complete situations. It
cannot be used to describe ongoing or habitual situations.
'''(3)'''
{| {{table}}
| ù || f(i) || òdʒ(e) || àba̋tʃà || hì || (mɛ̄)
|-
| 1SG || PERF1 || morsel || cassava || cook || (already)
|-
| 'I have cooked mashed cassava.'
|-
| *I cooked mashed cassava just now.
|-
| *I cooked mashed cassava (habitual).
|-
| *I am cooking mashed cassava.
|}
== Word order with fV ==
One of the most recognizable properties of fV is its influence on word order. The surface
word order in Igala is SVO, including with the progressive and the imperfective markers.
However, in the presence of fV, this is modified. This morpheme appears to surface in the
usual verb slot, while the matrix verb appears sentence-finally.
'''(4a)'''
{| {{table}}
| ù || hʲ || òdʒ(e) || à↑ba̋tʃà
|-
| 1SG || cook || morsel  || cassava
|-
| I cooked mashed cassava.'
|}
'''(4b)'''
{| {{table}}
| ù || f(i) ||  òdʒ(e) || àba̋tʃà || '''hì'''
|-
| 1SG||  PERF1 || morsel || cassava || '''cook'''
|-
| 'I have cooked mashed cassava.'
|}
'''(5a)'''
{| {{table}}
| ú ||  lʲ || ǒhìmìnì
|-
| 1SG || see || ocean
|-
| 'I saw the ocean'
|}
'''(5b)'''
{| {{table}}
| ù || f(i) || òhìmìnì || '''lí'''
|-
|  1SG || PERF1 ||  ocean || '''see'''
|-
| 'I have seen the ocean'
|}
== About fV and the splitting verbs ==
When the verb is split, the first part of the verb is before the object and second part is after
the object, including with the progressive and imperfective aspectual markers.
'''(6b)'''
{| {{table}}
| ù || kpɔ̄ || (ɔ)nà || lɛ́ || fɔ̄
|-
| 1SG || break- || door || DEF.DIST || -break
|-
| 'I broke the door.'
|}
'''(6b)'''
{| {{table}}
| Ǒtʃálā || k(ɔ) || ēlā || lɛ́ || da
|-
| Ochala || cut- || meat || DEF.DIST || -cut
|-
| 'Ochala cut the meat.
|}
'''(7a)'''
{| {{table}}
| otʃala || a || d(u)|| ɔbɛ || k(ɔ)|| ela|| lɛ || da
|-
| Ochala || IPFV || take || knife || cut- || meat || DEF.DIST || -cut
|-
| 'Ochala will take the knife and cut the meat.'
|}
'''(7b)'''
{| {{table}}
| otʃala || na || d(u) || ɔbɛ || k(ɔ) || ela || lɛ || da
|-
| Ochala || PROG || take || knife || cut- || meat || DEF.DIST || -cut
|-
| 'Ochala was cutting the meat with a knife.'
|}
When f(i) is added to a sentence with a split verb, the word order seems to become
SOV.
'''(8a)'''
{| {{table}}
| ū || f(i) || ɔ̌nâ || lɛ̄ || kpɔ̀ || fɔ̄
|-
| 1SG || PERF1 || door || DEF.DIST || break- ||  -break
|-
| 'I have broken the door.'
|}
'''(8b)'''
{| {{table}}
| Ǒtʃálā || f(i) || ela || lɛ || kɔ || da
|-
| Ochala || PERF1 || meat || DEF.DIST || cut- || -cut
|-
| 'Ochala has cut the meat.'
|}
== mV marker ==
In complementary distribution with fV (under unknown conditions - might have something to do with unaccusative/unergative distinction and/or thematic roles).
'''(9)'''
{| {{table}}
|  ù || m(u) || (*f(i)) || őgìgò || mī || dū || tíŋɔ̂
|-
| 1SG || ? || (*PERF1) || glasses || my || take || lost
|-
| I have lost my glasses.'
|}

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