Daniel Andreasson {Msgr uEi jsK}
> Christophe:
>
> > > Your system really looks like a Split-S or Fluid-S system.
>
> Jeff:
>
> > That's a bonus, finding that out. I wasn't sure which type of system
> > it was. Although I can follow the explanations about active systems,
> > I can't tell if they apply to 'Yemls, for some reason.
>
> It's not really a split-S system, since that kind of system only
applies
> to intransitive sentences and the transitive ones work as usual.
That explains why I couldn't figure it out, then. I'm not sure I have
any words (other than pronouns) that can only head intransitive
sentences.
> Your system looks a bit like a combo of a split system and a semantic
> marking system. If I were you, I'd check out "Ergativity" by Dixon.
> There's a lot of things similar to your system described in the
beginning
> of that book.
>
> Daniel Andreasson
That's already on the list of books to look for if I ever get to a
library. I'll put it at the start of the list :-) The public libraries
here don't have much but sometimes they surprise me.
Jeff {Jfl}
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