Re: THEORY: Ergativity and polypersonalism

Hi!

# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> writes:
>...
> >Chechen is ergative and has verbal desinences, yet it is not polypersonnal.
> >On the other hand a features of French (definitely accusative) can be
> >considered polypersonnal.
>
> Wich feature are you talking about?
>
> French verbs never agrees with object or agent, only with the subject in
> person and number: it is not polypersonnal at all...
Oh, yes, especially spoken French can be analysed like that very well.
Search the archives especially for Christoph's remarks (usually
on polysynthesis in French).  I think this is about sentences like

  Moi j'l'aime bien ce film.
      --------
      ^
       \_ verb with subject & object agreement

  'Concerning myself, I like that film/movie a lot.'

**Henrik

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