Like literary Georgian verbs, Megrelian verbs could be of three constructions: (1) nom-erg-dat (nominative, ergative, dative), (2) nom-erg-nom and (3) dat-dat. As a rule, the only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-dat construction is R-(th.s.)- Ø. The Only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-nom construction is R-(th.s.)-u(n). As for the third construction – dat-dat, it is the person-less construction - the Subject of the third construction is always in dative case and at the same time, this Subject is the inversed object of the 1st or the 2nd constructions; i.e.: the 3rd construction is inversed. That is why we have the both morphological structures there. The unity of verb structure and construction is called “Diathesis” (D. Melikishvili: 2001).
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Historical and modern classifications of Megrelian Verb
Like literary Georgian verbs, Megrelian verbs could be of three constructions: (1) nom-erg-dat (nominative, ergative, dative), (2) nom-erg-nom and (3) dat-dat. As a rule, the only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-dat construction is R-(th.s.)- Ø. The Only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-nom construction is R-(th.s.)-u(n). As for the third construction – dat-dat, it is the person-less construction - the Subject of the third construction is always in dative case and at the same time, this Subject is the inversed object of the 1st or the 2nd constructions; i.e.: the 3rd construction is inversed. That is why we have the both morphological structures there. The unity of verb structure and construction is called “Diathesis” (D. Melikishvili: 2001).
Like literary Georgian verbs, Megrelian verbs could be of three constructions: (1) nom-erg-dat (nominative, ergative, dative), (2) nom-erg-nom and (3) dat-dat. As a rule, the only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-dat construction is R-(th.s.)- Ø. The Only structure of the verbs of nom-erg-nom construction is R-(th.s.)-u(n). As for the third construction – dat-dat, it is the person-less construction - the Subject of the third construction is always in dative case and at the same time, this Subject is the inversed object of the 1st or the 2nd constructions; i.e.: the 3rd construction is inversed. That is why we have the both morphological structures there. The unity of verb structure and construction is called “Diathesis” (D. Melikishvili: 2001).