The language has a distinct applicative construction, which can be used on <b>intransitive </b> base verbs. In an applicative construction, an affix is added to the verb, allowing the verb to take one additional argument. This property indicates that the language has an applicative construction which can apply to otherwise intransitive verbs. <br><br> Polinsky (2008) provides an example from Lai. The verb for ‘grow up’ normally takes no object. Adding the applicative affix <i>-pii</i>, however, allows the verb to take one additional “comitiveâ€ argument, as in <i>?a-<u>ka-</u>Than<b>-pii</b> ‘3sg.SUBJ-<u>1sg.OBJ-</u>grow.up<b>-APPL</b></i> for ‘He grew up with me’ (Polinsky 2008). <br><br><b>Note:</b> A construction is only considered applicative if it has both an affix and an additional arguments. Thus, English sentences like <i>I baked her a cake</i> do not qualify. <br><br><b>Glossing Convention:</b> The applicative morpheme will be glossed APPL. 
<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>Polinsky, Maria. 2008. Applicative Constructions. In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 109. Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/109">http://wals.info/feature/109</a href>.
