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Re: THEORY: Undechticaetiative?

From:Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
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

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