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Re: Antipassive

From:Doug Ball <db001i@...>
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2000, 0:58
Nik Taylor wrote:
> Jens_Daniel Persson wrote: >> The cat(ABS) chased(ANTIPAS) the mouse(ERG) and went to sleep. > > Well, "mouse" wouldn't be in the ergative, but rather some other oblique > case, but other than that, that's a perfect example. >
Is there any one case that ergative languages prefer as their oblique case for antipassive sentences? -Doug