| From: | Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 4, 2006, 0:35 |
We all remember uses of morphological "number" to encode Familiarity and/or Authority and/or Servility; and most of us have heard of using morphological "person" for this purpose. Has anyone heard of a natlang or a conlang that uses the same morphology for "case" and also for Familiarity/Authority/Servility? For instance; Dative = Familiar Ergative = Authoritative Nominative/Absolutive = Servile? ------ eldin
| Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...> |