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Re: Patient marking in active languages

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Saturday, February 18, 2006, 14:30
* Nokta Kanto said on 2006-02-18 05:14:23 +0100
> What does an active language do for verbs that (arguably) take > two patients: own, be inside, overlook, ride, wear? Do they assign > the "agent" role to one of the arguments, or use some other noun case, > or not express such relationships as a verb clause?
Examples? t., *sneeze* (first cold of the year)