Re: mixed system

>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


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