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Re: THEORY: Mixed erg/acc

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Monday, March 13, 2000, 15:24
Pablo Flores wrote:

> Daniel: > >The question is how you would treat intransitive verbs. > >You could add an 'active touch' by being able to use all > >three cases (NOM for 1+2p, ERG for other Agents and ABS/ACC > >for Patients). How about that?
> That's what I meant with merging ABS and ACC... and > using ergative for intransitive subjects too (though > the name "ergative" would be misleading). I'll do that > sometime; for now the double system I have is enough. :)
What?!? And I spent hours thinking that one out for you! Just kidding. :) Maybe you can incorporate it when you grow tired of "just" having a split-ergative system. :) Daniel