| From: | Sam Drost <fantomx11@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 23:22 |
-----Original Message----- From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...> To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu Sent: 05/23/06 2:52 AM Subject: VSO language evolving from Nom/Acc to Erg/Abs Suppose we have a language with the following features- VSO basic word order. Nominative/Accusative argument structure. Verbs marked for person and number of subject. No overt accusative marking - subjects and objects are distinguished [truncated by sender]