Re: Case names in Thagojian

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>From: Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>
>
>On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:43:38 -0400, Paul Bennett <paul-
>bennett@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
>
>>There are three cases, one used for Sa and A, one used for Sp and P, and
>one used for all O roles
>>The name for the O case was obvious: Oblique. However, I have been
>struggling for some time to come up with names for the two S cases.
>Nominative and Accusative seemed just as wrong as Ergative and Absolutive.
>I tried mixing names from each pair, to no avail.
>
>Agent(ive) and Patient(ive).
>Why don't you like Nominative and Absolutive?
Agentive and Patientive are certainly on the shortlist. Using Nom and Abs feels like
it's a misuse of terminology, and somehow just feels "wrong" even ignoring
that.

Thanks for reinforcing the Agt/Pat case names, though.



Paul