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