Talk:Active-stative language

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I have re-moved this page from "Nominative-absolutive language" because that title seems to have been chosen only for symmetry (Google finds no instances of it except in online copies of Wikipedia). "Active language" is attested and in wide use. Moreover, while the terms "agentive case" and "patientive case" are not in wide use, they are descriptive, and they don't run into conflict with other designations. Nominative and absolutive have definite connotations, and they are not used like that in any language that I know of. Moreover, the cases designated thus are both the least marked in their respective alignment systems.

This page still needs much more. Daniel Andréason's paper (external link) should be summarized in the article.

--Pablo D. Flores 13:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)