accusative and ergative languages

Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen jer at cphling.dk
Fri Jun 18 16:11:41 UTC 1999


On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Robert Orr wrote:

>>> Jens asked:

>>>> Could you give us five examples of languages for which this sequence of
>>>> events is known with certainty? Should be easy if it applies to all.

> A bit of digging in South Asia could easily furnish five such examples.
[]

Thanks. Could you give examples, or refer me to a place where I can find
some with relative ease?

Jens



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