Re: inverse constructions

Daniel Andreasson wrote:
>
> Dirk Elzinga skrev:
>
> > Hmmmm. I've always associated inverse marking with languages
> > with a hierarchical argument structure (Georgian notwith-
> > standing), and you're proposing just such a hierarchy (1 > 2 > 3
> > > 3'). Languages to look at for ideas are Algonkian, Yuman, and
> > Navajo.
>
> Hi, hi... That's exactly the langs I've been taking ideas from.
> (That is, Cree, Kutenai (Br. Columbia, Montana, Idaho),
> Wayampi (Brazil), Panare (Venezuela) and of course Yuman
> (Papua New Guinea)).
>
Not familiar with a PNG lg called Yuman, but I suspect Dirk was
referring to the Yuman lg family of the American southwest (including
Yuma, Mojave, and all those lgs with names ending in -pai. :)
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