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But the non-identical realization of concepts cannot be the only source for the
cross-linguistic diversity. After all, it is not the case that every PP-verb in Hebrew is
translated into two or three verbs in English. Furthermore, at least some of the
mentioned English translations are [-c] verbs themselves (e.g. hit). The question is
why these verbs do not surface as PP-verbs in English. This is the issue I turn to next.
3.5.2 Variation in the [-c] group
It appears that a massive non-overlap, especially between Hebrew and English
is attested in the [-c] group of PP-verbs. In other words, many Hebrew PP-verbs,
classified in this study as [-c] PP-verbs are translated in English without any P (see
3.4.3). Thus compare the group of [-m] PP-verbs in (97), in which almost all English
verbs are PP-verbs, with the group of [-c] PP-verbs in (98): 57
(97) Hebrew English Russian
samax al relied on pologals y a na
he’emin be- believed in veril v
hit’akeš al insisted on nasta’ival na
hit’anyen be- [was] interested in interesovals y a DP-Instr
histapek be- [was] satisfied with [bil] udovletvoren DP-Instr
hitxaret al regretted sožalel DP-Acc
hit’abel al mourned skorbel o (‘on’), o-plakival
(98) Hebrew English Russian
tamax be- supported podderžival DP-Acc
asar al forbid zapretil DP-Dat
bagad be- betrayed izmenil DP-Dat
pakad al ordered prikazal DP-Dat
iyem al threatened ugrožal DP-Dat
hišpi’a al influenced povliyal na
himer al bet on stavil na
hibit be- looked at posmotrel na
57 As already noted, the group of [-c] verbs is substantially larger than that of [-m] verbs, which is
almost exhaustive in (97).