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Re: Attached Verbs

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 23:42
En réponse à Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:

> J Matthew Pearson wrote: > > I know a bit about ergativity, and it seems weird to me too. In my > > conlang Tokana, which is sort of ergative > > (cf. the recent thread on active languages), the linking verb, > > equivalent to "be" in English, takes two absolutive arguments. > > Well, Arabic uses accusative for the "object" of "to be" (i.e., treating > it as if it were a typical verb), so if that's possible, why wouldn't > ergative be possible as the subject of "to be"? >
Ouinnnnnn!!!!! I wanted to say that!!! :(((( For once that I could say something interesting... :(( Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr