Re: [tied] Re: Nominative Loss. A strengthened theory? - Clarificat

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:11:16 +0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
>> Abbreviating 'is-owner-of' to 'OWN' ('DAT' is too specific to
>> Chickasaw), it converts
>>
>> Y OWN-X-NOM
>>
>> to
>>
>> Y-NOM OWN-X-NOM
>
>By 'it', I mean 'subject possessor raising' (SPR).
>
>Incidentally, Y OWN-X-NOM looks a better way of motivating the
>development of the PIE gentive plural *-om from the Nostratic *-b
>nominal plural marker than the argument Miguel put forward in
>his 'Tour of Nostratic Grammar'.

Please explain.


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