Re: THEORY: Verb voice

I don''t know for sure if the example I've encountered really is a voice. I
haven't found it in other natlangs or conlangs, it is called 'Non-control'
and I found in Sechelt (Salishan):
k0u-St-la-waL-L@m-n@x-am  'now we have forgotten it (and there was nothing
we could do about it)'.
IRR-1PL-now-forget-NON_CNTRL-1PL

pronunciation:
k0  = labialized k
S   = as in English 'sh'
L   = as in welsh 'll'
x   = as in German 'ich'

The -n@x- indicates that the actor has no control over the action. I was
very much intrigued by this suffix at the time I studied the language. Are
there any others that have examples of 'non-control'?


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> Van: Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> Onderwerp: THEORY: Verb voice
> Datum: zondag 2 mei 1999 5:32
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> I was just wondering something:  exactly how many possible
> verbal voices are there?  Off hand I can think of about four:
> active, passive, middle (action redounds back onto oneself,
> for one's own benefit; indirect), and reflexive (action was
> intended to affect oneself directly).   What others could
> there be?
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