Re: Phaleran Update: Causatives

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:

> When the caused action is only a one place relation (say, "cause to die"
> = die(y)), the subject of the caused action takes the absolutive.
That should read:  '(say, "cause to die" = cause(x, die(y)), the subject
of the caused action (who's dying) takes the absolutive.'

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Thomas Wier | AIM: trwier

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