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This paper addresses the intransitive locative alternation, especially swarm-class verbs. Before introducing the intransitive locative alternation, the transitive locative alternation is discussed to illustrate important aspects of commonly known argument alternations and compare the similarities and differences between the transitive locative and the intransitive locative alternation. Whatever appears in a direct object has a holistic effect. Instead, when it appears in an oblique, it will inevitably lose a holistic effect. A similar kind of holistic effect is also observed in swarm-class verb alternations. A close look into the intransitive locative alternation reveals that its holistic effect arises in a different way from the transitive locative alternation. The swarm-class verb alternation yields two distinct variants: an agent-subject and a location-subject variant. Semantic restrictions of the location-subject variants are not applicable to an agent subject variant. The two variants cannot be semantically the same. Speakers may choose one variant over the other on the basis of the discourse consideration.
