Re: Antipassive
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 23, 2000, 0:25 |
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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.
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