ABSTRACT

Thisrevisedanalysisoftheauxiliaries~and~will

accountforwhytheauxiliaryin(2)isa?wi:buttheauxiliaryin(3)

isidu:,eventhoughbothsentencescontaintheverbico:.Thelower

verbico:isbasicallyactive(andtransitive),soin(2)itisfollowed

bytheactiveauxiliarya?wi:.Buttheimperfectivesentence(3),like

(1),ismorethedescriptionofastatethantherecordingofanevent,

soitappearswiththestativeauxiliaryidu:.