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Re: conlang survey part 1

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Friday, November 29, 2002, 18:32
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:33:16AM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Heather Rice wrote: > > (Note: Absolutive, ergative were considered to be > > normative, accusative in these numbers. However, I > > realize this isn’t a completely correct use of these > > cases.) > > Absolutive and ergative would be more accurately mapped to accusatve and > nominative respectively, as that is their analogues in transitive > sentences.
[snip] *Wonders about non-accusative, non-ergative systems, such as Ebisedian.* :-P T -- Lottery: tax on the stupid. -- Slashdotter