Re: [tied] Nominative: A hybrid view

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 22414
Date: 2003-05-30

Miguel:
>The Eskimo (and Kartvelian aorist) constructions (with *-m in an
>ergative role), [...]

What exactly is the basis of this *-m? I know that Inuktitut has
an ending /-p/ marking the agent (eg. /inuup/ "by the person")
and an accusative ending /-mik/ (eg. (inummik/). Neither seem to
correlate well with this *-m.


= gLeN

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