Re: Ergative and other questions
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 17:32 |
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:37:55PM +0100, Carsten Becker wrote:
> I won't follow the discussion about -ee not that close anymore because now
> I've got a basical overview and for me, this is sufficient at the moment.
I only brought up -ee to point out that even the most accusative of
languages usually has some ergativity somewhere. The reverse is also true,
and it holds for things other than transitivity/ergativity: linguistic
categories are tendencies, not absolutes.
Glad the explanations helped.
-Mark