Mark O:
>Remaining sceptical of 'IndoTyrrhenian', you are saying (ignoring
>niceties of word order):
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>gLeNny-nom | dis-past | Pat-acc | sarcasm's-gen/agentive.
>gLeNny dissed Pat by sarcasm's agency.
Yes, I think you('ve) got it. Although, with proper word order
and grammar, it would be more along the lines of:
gLeNny Pat-ACC sarcasm-GEN dis-PERF-3psSTAT.
(*-m) (*-se) (*-k:-a)
I don't think IndoT used tenses, only aspect and mood.
Actually, to further complicate the accusative case, I could add
that the inanimate accusative was unmarked and that the accusative
of animate nouns could be marked with _two_ cases: accusative *-m
(for definite) and partitive *-ta (for indefinite).
Don't worry - I even confuse myself sometimes.
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