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Re: Ergativity Reference Done

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 24, 2004, 6:39
Quoting David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@...>:

> Andreas also wrote: > > << > There's, of course two further possibilites - "tripartite" languages that > have > separate markers for each of S, A and P, and "clairvoyant" languages, that > treat them all the same, using only context to disambiguate A and P. <snip> > >> > > Dude, don't I get *some* credit? Everything you > mentioned in this e-mail is on the site.
I didn't actually _read_ your page, I'm afraid. I suppose I overinterpreted your reference to MRL as "the" third possibility.
> One thing I'd like to ask (since I haven't looked > up the loony thread) is if valency-reduction systems > were every discussed with the loony system.
I don't believe they were. Andreas