Re: Triggeriness ...
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 13, 2003, 13:50 |
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Javier BF wrote at 2003-12-12 03:00:20 (-0500)
> Then, Tagalog is not an accusative nor and ergative language,
> because it has only one core case (the 'subject' or 'trigger' or
> however you like to name it) and this case has none of the roles
> assigned to it by default, being its semantics entirely determined
> by and dependent on verbal voice.
I'm uncertain as to your use of "core" here - what do you interpret
_ng_ marked NPs as, if they aren't core arguments?