Re: active vs. semantic marking languages (was: Re: Noun tense)

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Daniel Andreasson Vpc wrote:

> That's not really an active language. At least not in
> the sense usually used on this list. Some people on
> this list refer to this kind of language as "active", however.
> (Although I think both Marcus Smith and Jörg Rhiemeier are nomail, so I hope this
> won't turn into some kind of flame war. Otoh, the point of bringing this
> matter up is kind of
> futile if neither of them are here.)
Well, one of us is, but I guess it takes two for an explosion.

I missed the beginning of this thread, so I don't know what made this
language "not really an active language".

Marcus