Re: grammatical cases & semantic roles (was: ergative/accusative)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 29, 2007, 21:51 |
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On 1/29/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...>
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> In English cases similar to this RAM has mentioned verbs that are
> inherently
> anti-passive (e.g., "shout"). I believe he would say that these verbs are
> inherently middle-voice.
That doesn't answer the question. If "all verbs have a patient", then it
doesn't matter how you choose to categorize the verbs; where is the patient
in those sentences? If it's implied, then *what* is it?
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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