Re: THEORY: Case systems and Ergativity

Tom Wier wrote:

>Recently, I've been wondering something about the case
>system I've been building for Phaleran, which is a split
>ergative system.  The question centers around my "diergative"
>case, which is the case for the subject of ditransitive verbs,
>verbs requiring two objects:  what would motivate the
>creation of such a case?
>So, what do y'all think? Does any of this make any sense?
Well, if you're looking for natlang precedents for your
system, I can't think of any.  I know of no languages which
treat ditransitive and transitive verbs differently with
regard to subject case-marking.

Matt.