Re: Ergative and other questions
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 18, 2003, 2:26 |
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:45:54PM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
> Mark J. Reed/John Cowan wrote:
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> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:25:03PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> > > > So the -ee suffix in English is ergative.
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> I disagree. The exs. show it is absolutive--
Not the distinction I was making. "Ergative" here is just short for
"absolutive/ergative" - it means that the function of -ee follows
A/E rules rather than "nominative/accusative" - a.k.a. just
"accusative" - rules.
-Mark
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