Re: ergative/accusative
| From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 28, 2007, 6:53 |
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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
>
In terms of case marking etc.? How about Engl., French, Italian (nouns only,
pronouns are marked), at least in active voice (agents are marked by
prepositions in the passive)
Similary Indonesian/Malay don't distinguish them at all in the active, but
do in the passive, like Engl. et al.
Likely too, isolating langs. like Chinese, Vietnamese.
Have I misunderstood the question?
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