Re: Non-humanoid langs
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 23:18 |
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:32:23 -0400, Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
wrote:
> Hello, all. After a long hiatus from this list I'm
> back.
Welcome back!
> q~'u^pl!
> has a freakish grammar which does not allow transative
> verbs.
AFMCL, I think Br'ga is going to lack transitive verbs as such. There's a
definite gray area between case markers and verbs (every verb is suffixed
to its core argument (or conversely incorporates its core argument as a
prefix) -- some verbs are core-Agent, others core-Patient, yet others
core-Instrument, and so on). I need real terminology for this. Either
there are hundreds of case marks and no verbs, or zero case marks and all
verbs are intransitive. I'm leaning toward the latter, as it makes other
kinds of coordination simpler to describe.
Paul
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