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Re: Active-Ergative langs (was Re: Ke'kh - degrees of volition)

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Thursday, September 21, 2000, 9:52
* Marcus Smith <smithma@...> [000921 04:33]:
> Danial Andreasson wrote: > >And the actual meaning of using either Actor or Undergoer (or > >whatever you'd like to call the hyperroles) is often much more > >subtle and varying than simply vol vs. non-vol or control vs. > >non-control. > > Right. A good example is the marking on words for "like".
Me like? Methinks? Written Norwegian from the turn of the century (that's 18xx > 19xx people, not 19xx > 20xx :) ) had similar strictures: meg synes (me thinks) t.