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Re: mixed system

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Date:Thursday, July 1, 1999, 6:19
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 01/07/99 02:41:30  , Nik a =E9crit :

> "J.Barefoot" wrote: > >=20 > > I was trying to decide what cases to have in this language spoken near > > Asiteya, and in my notes I came across the mixed system of core cases:=20
nom,
>=20 > > acc, and erg. > =20 > In my first draft of Watakass=ED, I had such a system, but I soon > simplified it to an ergative system (with active-based pronominal > clitics)
i feel like Jennifer so i have 2 classes of verbs. verbs based on=20 intransitive states and verbs based on transitive states or actions. how is=20 that kind of system called ? and Jennifer, could you please develop your own=20 design ? intransitive based : me-NOM rise =3D me rise-ACT =3D i rise me-ERG rise =3D me rise-FAC =3D i raise transitive based : me-NOM cut =3D me cut-ACT =3D i cut it-ACC cut =3D it cut-PAS =3D it is cut examples : rise me-NOM =3D me rise-ACT =3D i rise me rise-FAC it-NOM =3D i raise it it rise-ACT me-ERG =3D it is raised by me mathias