Re: THEORY: Ergative syntax
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 6, 2001, 19:58 |
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Quoting "Y.Penzev" <isaacp@...>:
> Re: Henrik Theiling on Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:09 AM
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> > Maybe the cases in Georgian should be renamed then to internative
> and
> > externative. :-)
>
> As far as know, the Georgian name for ergative is smth like
> 'narrative',
Indeed. In Georgian, the <mocxrobiti> case.
> and it's used only with certain verb forms like perfect.
It's usually called the aorist, actually.
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