From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
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Date: | Thursday, August 12, 2004, 18:42 |
Roger Mills wrote:> (1) Well, almost every.... I believe reference has been made to a S.American > language with free word-order and no case marking, so that { John + love + > Mary } out of context means J loves M or M loves J. (I could be wrong.)I heard myself that such an Iranian language exists. It has cases, but uses one in transitive sentences, and another in intransitive. -- Keith Gaughan -- talideon.com The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> | |
Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> | Caseless free word order [was: Re: THEORY Ideal system of writing] |