Re: THEORY: transitivity

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Sally Caves wrote:
> > Nik, I thought "agent" was an acceptable term, as well, for
> > volitionality
> > as opposed to experientiality
>
> Hmm, I dunno.  The way I use it is "subject of a transitive verb", just
> as "patient" is "object of a transitive verb" and subject is "subject of
> an intransitive verb".
Yeah, but I'm not describing an ergative (or even an active) language
with
T.  I'm describing a nom/acc. language that has a split nominative:  1)
the
"agent," and 2) the "experiencer."  I've been all over the list last
fall
getting approval for this nomenclature which I admit is slightly
different from
the old A,S, P.  Nobody objected.  So that's the way *I'm* using it!
<G>
I guess the bottom line is that we can make our own terms, so long as we
are
explicit about it and consistent.

cheers, Sally