Re: CONLANG Digest - 21 Feb 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 (#2004-52)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 14:27 |
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On Monday, February 23, 2004, at 03:18 PM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> PS If I've got it right, all ergative languages are really
> split-ergative, but
> plenty of accusative languages have only the faintest traces of
> ergativity
> (like the -ee suffix in English). If so, it would seem to suggest that
> accusativity, for some reason, is the "default" for human language,
> yes? What
> about active, tripartite, clairvoyant and MRL languages - do they too
> more or
> less universally contain bits of accusativity?
Could you (or anyone else) remind me (and i'm sure someone else out
there has forgotten too :P) what are tripartite, clairvoyant, and MRL
(Monster Raving Looney?) type languages?
-Stephen (Steg)
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