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Re: mixed system

From:J.Barefoot <ataiyu@...>
Date:Thursday, July 1, 1999, 14:27
>From: Sally Caves <scaves@...> >Lately, I've >developed >a middle-voice that has some ergative tendencies, so my claim on my >"What Is >Teonaht" page is now a lie... that T. NEVER uses the patient (or what I >call the "object") to function as a subject. So the rule seems to be >that >anything goes in a conlang. > >Sally
Ergative tendencies? How so? Asiteya also has a middle voice, usually used when the patient is topicalized/focused (because only a topic or agent can be a subject). Jennifer _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com