Re: THEORY: Mixed erg/acc

Matt Pearson wrote:
> Alternative (a).  If the transitive subject is 1st/2nd person and
> the object is non-1st/2nd, then the subject is in the NOM form
> and the object is in the ACC form (i.e. both are unmarked).
Don't you mean ABS instead of ACC?  That is:

I hit John
I-nom hit John-abs

John hit me
John-erg hit I-acc

(Assuming that they don't do weird things with experience verbs)

I hadn't thought of the marked/unmarked.  It makes it seem less weird,
since 1st/2nd person would normally be the subject, while 3rd persons
the object.  That way, when that's true, they're both unmarked, while
when it's not, they're both marked.

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