Re: Accusative? The saga continues ...

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# >I think maybe "transitive/intransitive" would be a good classification.
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# Eh, doesn't pretty much all languages have a transitive vs intransitive
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Take for example, that A = Agent or Subject of a Transitive, O = Object
or Object of a Transitive, and S = Subject or Undergoer of an Intransitive...

"Ergative/Absolutive" is defined as where O and S are marked the same,
and A differently.

"Nominative/Accusative" is defined as where A and S are marked the same,
and O is marked differently.

That leaves one (basic) combination left... Marking A and O similarly
(Transitive), and S differently (Intransitive)

From what I've seen so far, your language so far seems to conform more closely
to this last type than to either of the first two.

-tim

http://www.zece.com/conlang/