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Re: verbs?

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Friday, July 18, 2003, 8:28
Staving Andreas Johansson:


>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.
Bother! Another entry for my conlanging "to-do" list! Presumably, in such a language many verbs have both transitive and intransitive senses, and the noun marking determines the sense? Pete