Re: Antipassive
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 20:01 |
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J Matthew Pearson wrote:
> This is sort of beside the point, but it seems odd to me that "nlakus" is
> deleted from the first conjunct instead of the second one. Is there any
> particular reason why it's "Faguatiatas ku sufkapatas nlakus pikaatuli" and
> not "Faguatiatas nlakus ku sufkapatas pikaatuli"? Just curious.
Hmm ... hadn't really thought of that. Faguatiátas ku sufkapátas nlakús
pikaatúli would also be grammatical. Actually, probably preferable.
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