Re: Second person/polite pronouns (fuit Re: Another Ozymandias)

>For instance;
>Dative = Familiar
>Ergative = Authoritative
>Nominative/Absolutive = Servile?
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IIRC, a long time ago someone claimed to me that Korean case marking was
influenced in some way by status. I don't speak the language though, so
I can't tell you if it's true or not. Even if it is, I wouldn't expect
something like that because it completely screws up beyond repair the
purpose of case marking, which is to disambiguate arguments. :) Perhaps
some languages may erase case distinctions for low respect arguments,
much like inanimate (low power) arguments in Latin and many other
languages do not distinguish nominative and accusative?