Re: Thagojian Cases and Pronouns

Staving michael poxon:
>Don't you need one fewer? If you have an ergative, you probably don't need
>accusative.
>Mike
>
>
> > It has struck me that I need more cases in Thagojian.
> > Currently, I have:
> >
> > Ergative
> > Nominative/Absolute
> > Accusative
> > Genetive
> > Locative/Instrumental
> > Dative
> >
I'm sure uses could be found for all of them - some weird distinction
between different types of direct object, for example, or a causative voice
of the following form-
Active voice
Intransitive
dog-abs run-pt
The dog ran.
Transitive
dog-erg stick-abs fetch-pt
The doc fetched the stick.
Causative
Intransitive
man-erg dog-abs run-pt
The man made the dog run.
Transitive
man-erg dog-abs stick-acc fetch-pt
The man made the dog fetch the stick.

Or of course, a the absolute could be limited to intransitive subjects
only. The possibilities are endless.

Pete