Re: Antipassive
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 21:49 |
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Matt Pearson wrote:
> (1) Faguatiatas ku sufkapatas *nlakus* pikaatuli
> (2) Faguatiatas *nlakus* ku sufkapatas pikaatuli
>
> On the basis of natlangs I know, I would expect (2) to be better--but then
> Uatakassi is not a human language, IIRC...
Oh! I see what you mean. Hmm ... I really haven't thought much about
that.
Faguatiátas nlakús ku sufkapátas nlakús pikaatúli ... which nlakús would
be dropped? Well, I had been thinking that since "nlakús" is the
absolutive of both verbs, it would make sense for it to follow both
verbs. However, on further thought, I suppose the second sentence would
be more probable. Hmm ... the first might even be ungrammatical. Yes,
it actually is, because the absolutive must've already been mentioned in
a previous clause.
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