Re: Ergativity/Apologies

>--Alkuperäinen viesti--
>Date:         Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:35 +0300
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>From: Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...>
>Subject:      Re: [CONLANG] Ergativity/Apologies
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>
>
>*sigh* It seems I've not been understood (perhaps 'omit' was the wrong word,
>I was referring to, what Chris Bates refer to: "... I am talking about when
>there is no ommited argument to be guessed from the context."). Perhaps
I'd
>need clarify myself - I think this is a case were mr. Wittgenstein was
>right. However, I'll drop from this thread.
Well, I'm truly sorry for making everyone mad, especially Chris - I did not
mean to wake a useless thread from death to plague anyone nor make any point
about ergativity, but obviously I didn't make that clear enough.

I think I may have understood what Markus was talking about - at least I
can think of a case where such a construction could be used - but it's all
the same now.

[/delurk]


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