| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 27, 2001, 15:53 |
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:02:01 -0500, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> wrote:> >There are actually some ergative languages where the ergative >marks agents of any kind, including those in passive sentences, >where we'd normally expect something called instrumental.BTW, is there a simple criterion to distinguish the ergative construction from the passive one? Basilius
| Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> | |
| The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> |