Re: [tied] Re: Marked nominative

From: P&G
Message: 21992
Date: 2003-05-17

> In modern Greek the nominative also tend to be marked, while the
> accusative unmarked.

Debatable. Many (?most) declension types in modern Greek have nom = acc.
Where there is a difference, how do we tell which is "marked". Is logos
marked _within the modern language_ by the ending -s or is logo marekd by
the ending -o? It isn't as simple as suffix = marking.

Peter