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a [+animate] DP. Consequently, ha-xalon (‘the window’) is completely inappropriate,
whereas ha-yeled (‘the boy’), being [+animate], is fine.
(75) a. dan hika ba-yeled [-c] /xalon [-c]
Dan hit in+the-boy/window
b. dan hika et ha-yeled [-c-m] /*ha-xalon [-c-m]
Dan beat Acc the-boy/the-window
In light of the above, the interpretive differences between (74a) and (75a) on the
one hand, and (74b) and (75b) on the other hand, are of the same nature. As opposed
to the internal arguments in (74b) and (75b), there is no affectedness entailment
associated with the internal arguments in (74a) and (75a) (Dowty 1991). The latter
denote the goal of motion. Therefore we may conclude that ba’at (‘kicked’) in (74a)
and ‘hika’ (‘hit’) in (75a) select a [-c] Goal argument, while ‘ba’at’ (‘kicked’) in
(74b) and ‘hika’ (‘beat’) in (75b) select a [-m-c] Patient/Theme argument.
In the next section I will introduce the group of [-m]-assigning Hebrew PPverbs,
and will argue for the [-m]/[-c-m], [+c-m] distinction.
3.4.4 PP-verbs assigning a [-m] role
The group of PP-verbs classified here as [-m] PP-verbs is given in (76). As already
mentioned, this group is substantially smaller than that of [-c] PP-verbs.
(76) [-m] PP-verbs
A sample of PP-verbs I have classified as assigning [-m] includes verbs from the
following (informal) groups:
(Subject) Experiencer verbs in hitpa’el template: hit’anyen be- ([was] ‘interested
in’), hitkaša be- ([had] ‘difficulties with’), hitbayeš be- ([was] ‘ashamed of’), histapek
be- ([was] ‘satisfied with’), hitxaret al (‘regretted’), hit’abel al (‘mourned’), hit’akeš
al (‘insisted on’).
Some verbs from the (dis)belief group: he’emin be- (‘believe in’), samax al (‘relied
on’), nitla be- (‘depended on’).