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Re: THEORY: Ergativity and polypersonalism

From:Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 17:34
Mm. Omeina does this too, but I don't see any particular reasons why
natlangs should do this. Mind you, four ergative languages is a pretty small
sample.
Mike
> > of both subject and object. I found this in Basque, Georgian, Koryak and > > Chukchi. Is it as much universal, or you can show me examples of
natlangs
> > that have ergativity without a polypersonal verb?
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