Re: verbs?

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

> Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:
>
> > Quoting JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:
> >
> > > [1] Except for some Languages Of Unusual Structure (LOUS's [2]) which are
> > > reported to exist by a thread here a few days ago. Personally, I don't
> > > beleive they exist.
> > >
> > > [2] I'm full of whimsical coinages today, but I especially like this one
> > > as a term for a nat-freaklang, like those OSV weirdos, and Georgian. Can
> > I
> > > keep it? Please, please?
> >
> > As long as you have it include monster raving loony languages ...
> > PS A "monster raving loony language" is one that marks intransitive subject
> > different from both transitive subject and transitive object, but the later
> > two the same. My faith in humanity's collective mental health was severely
> > dented when I learned of their existence.
>
> Do you have a citation on that? I'd love to know more about it.
If I recall correctly it's mentioned in "Languages of the Soviet Union".
(In the section on Indo-European languages, some Indo-Iranian language, IIRC.)

--Apollo