3.1.1.1. Subject markers

As mentioned above, when a forward agreeing verb involves a path movement, the first location slot of the verb coincides with the locus of the subject argument (probably established earlier in the discourse). The following is an example of a forward agreeing verb with subject agreement:

 

 

 

 

2send1

โ€˜You sent (it) to me.โ€™

 

 

In backward agreeing verbs, the final location slot coincides with the locus of the subject.  

 

 

 

 

1steal2

โ€˜You stole from me.โ€™

 

 

See [Lexicon โ€“ 3.2.2] for a list of backward agreeing verbs attested in TฤฐD so far.

 

When the subject is 1st person singular, the path movement of the verb starts on or near the signerโ€™s body. When the subject is 2nd person singular, it starts in the central space in a locus near the addressee as in the examples above. 

When a transitive verb is body-anchored, that is, when the starting location is on the body of the signer, then the verb may or may not agree with the subject. say is a body-anchored verb but even when the subject is non-first-person, it is possible to mark the verb with subject agreement, as in the following example:

 

 

3asay3b

 

โ€˜She3a said to him3b.โ€™