transitivity, locative prefixes & the pronomin. argument hypothesis.

[Shannon West]

This is a very interesting conversation, and I've been after this type of
evidence myself lately. I'm still fighting with the question of pronominal
arguments and such. This kind of thing might give me the edge I need. :)

 Pamela Munro
> Sent: September 27, 2002 8:13 PM
>
> Speaking as a lurker who knows quite a bit about Siouan languages and
> this typology, my answers would be
>
> 1. Yes, it is the direct object (atypical for a DO semantically, but a
> DO).

Ok. But why? :) Why not an oblique? I'm really interested in this one. I
haven't taken sides yet (I'm such a fence-sitter, I have post marks
permanently indenting my backside), so I'd really like to see lots of
thoughts on this. :)

Shannon