reflexives in subject position

[Dan Everett]

Excellent. This is the kind of thing that makes the claim much more
convincing. Thanks for the clarification.

DLE


> Well, there IS a nominative form ('aaphu') in the example quoted in my
> last posting ('aaphu Raamlaaii barbaad garcha'). And note, it's
> demonstrably a nominative: in Nepali, the nominative case form also
> covers objects, but only if their reference is inanimate; the reference
> of 'aaphu' is animate in the example. Therefore, it can't be an on
> object. So, together with the ergative/nominative alternation, this is
> pretty good coding evidence that 'aaphu' is in subject function. As for
> behavioral subject properties, I am currently running some tests and
> I'll get back on this later.
>
> -- Balthasar Bickel.
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