A tripartite case system
| From: | Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 24, 2004, 23:52 |
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Since my conlang Tsán is tripartite (with agentive, patientive, and
experiencer cases, among others [what are some examples of tripartite
languages?--I just know how the concept works]), you can say
"He (agent) eats" (because he was hungry), "He (patient) eats" (because
someone caused (e.g. convinced) him to), and "He (experiencer) eats" (he is
forced to--he has no choice). Is this reasonable? If so, does it occur in
any natlangs; which ones?
Trebor.
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