Re: ergative/accusative
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 28, 2007, 2:53 |
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On Jan 27, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Reilly Schlaier wrote:
> are there any languages (natural or otherwise) that treat agent and
> object
> the same?
> maybe i just havent been paying attention and missed it
Some Austronesian languages can use the so-called "nominative" for
either agent or patient, in different contexts. Check out http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_alignment (although some people
seem dissatisfied with the way the page is written currently).