| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 10, 2005, 14:02 |
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:10:14 -0500, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:> Since we've been speaking of dechticaetiativity lately, I was wondering > if there's a name for the opposite. Is there?The name for systems that treat O and DO the same, and IO differently is "dative". Confusing, but no more than using "ergative" as both a case name and a language type name. Paul
| Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |