[tied] Re: Got to thinkin' about word order

I think I will go outside IE to finnish, and opt for partitive - in
that language a very successfull case. It originates from an old
ablative, and according to the steppe hypotesis the same element as
the IE ablative.


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
wrote:

> At 7:51:34 PM on Thursday, May 8, 2003, Glen Gordon wrote:
>
> > Peter P:
>
> >>Those cases and mood may be fine when things are smooth,
> >>but eventually things will start to go wrong. Then my vote
> >>is for the accusative case.
>
> > Hmm, perhaps you're right. Well, I guess we need something
> > where both the peaceful nominative and the warring
> > accusative can live as one in harmony.
>
> Clearly an ergative: *someone* has to get some work done in
> the midst of all this harmony.
>
> Brian