Re: [tied] Active / Stative

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> >[JER:]
> >I can't follow this. What in Basque is parallel with what in IE
> >here?

> [MCV:]
> In the case of *e/o being a kind of relativizer:
>
> Basque PIE
> -en subjunctive -e/o-subjunctive
> -en past tense -e/o-perfect
>
> In the case of *e/o being a direct object marker:
>
> Basque PIE
> normal order: Abs-V-(Erg) normal order: V-Obj-Subj
> marked order: Erg-V-(0) marked order: V-Subj-Obj

Is the message that the combination of subjunctive, past, and direct
object amounts to a single natural concept? Which one is that?

Jens