Re: Tripartite (was Re: Trigger language?)

Josh Roth wrote:

> I think it is the case that most languages that are
> tripartite are only partially so. I see a reference
> though to "a group of Australian Aboriginal languages
> spoken in south-east Queensland which make three-way
> distinctions for A, S, and P across all NPs." There's
> also a partially tri. Iranian language, Yazgulyam, and
> others among Australian and Papuan langs.
Yes! Now that you mention it, I remember reading about Yimas
in an article by Kibrik. Let's see if I can dig it up.

::digging::

Here we go.

Kibrik, Alexandr E. "Beyond subject and object: Toward a
comprehensive relational typology", Linguistic Typology 1
(1997), 279-346.

It's a very interesting, but rather complicated discussion
on the topic of different language types. I really recommend
it though. ISTR that I've mentioned it on this list before.

(Some people on this list would have easy access to it, since
I hear he's a prof at their uni, lucky bastards. ;)

Daniel Andreasson

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