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Re: Ergativity Question

From:Trebor Jung <treborjung@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2004, 18:27
Caleb wrote: "Active voice: Subject = Agent(required), Object = Patient(may
or may not be present) [...] Antipassive voice: The oppsosite of passive,
and thus the same as active."

I thought that "active voice" means that the subject (agent) *and* object
(patient) are required, and "antipassive voice" means that the object
(patient) is optional.