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Re: Marking and Imperatives

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Friday, October 15, 1999, 14:30
* Nik Taylor (fortytwo@gdn.net) [991015 01:15]:
/snip the rest/
> Still, that introduces an interesting question: *are* there languages > where 1st person singular is unmarked in performative verbs?
AFMCL, the verb isn't marked for person, unless it is in a relative clause. Furthermore, the 1st person pronoun is only used for emphasis and when the 1st p. is not the agent, but needs to be marked for case. Funny, I don't have a verb 'to thank' yet... tal. -- "Better living through conlanging"