[ZBB] Non-core-case pronouns as S in intransitive constructions?

Hi,

As indicated in the header, this is a crossposting from the ZBB¹:

> Ayeri has kind of a Fluid-S alignment with regards to which
> cases/roles can act as S in transitive sentences. Up to now however
> intransitive sentences have been restricted to S=A (≙ active voice)
> and S=P (≙ passive voice), but looking at my conlang's rather large
> pronoun table² I wonder whether the non-core-case pronouns (in this
> case the columns after "Patient" although I reckon the
> Benefactive/Dative as core case) could be used just as well, and which
> outcome that might have both semantically and syntactically. Are
> constructions like
>
>    Vukyayā.
>    Vukya-yā
>    stare-1S.LOC
>
> or
>
>    Narayasa.
>    Nara-yasa
>    talk/speak-3SM.CAU
>
> possible and sensible in other languages natural or constructed, and
> if so, how would they be interpreted? Are there any papers or
> Wikipedia articles on this topic (I bet there are)? I could imagine
> the above example sentences to be used as eliptic answers to
> questions, like "I did." in English, but certainly there are other
> uses as well?
Regards
Carsten

¹) http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?t=29699
²) http://benung.nfshost.com/index.php?go=grammar&action=grammar#pronanaph

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