Re: Active, Was: Help with grammar terms

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> > As ever, the question of primacy can be debated endlessly: People who
> > want the stadial theory to be true (that languages develop from active
> > to ergative to accusative type) will have to argue that (late) Hittite
> > shows the original state; other people will come to other conclusions,
> > depending on how they fit their theories.
Ed Heil:

> OOH OOH!  COOL!  I didn't know about the "Stadial Theory".  Can you
> tell me any more about it?
Me too! I'm on a major active high right now! I want to
know everything! And I also want to know more about the
entire active stuff that's been discussed here a week ago.
Either if someone could tell me (and Ed and the list)
some more, or (or better yet, *and*) refer me to some
good books on the matter, it would be greatly appreciated.

Daniel