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Monster Raving Loony
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citations of
Monster Raving Loony
(
linguistics
,
informal
)
Having a single
case
for both the
subjects
and
objects
of
transitive
verbs, and another case for the subjects of
intransitive
verbs.
1 May 2002:
Justin B Rye,
Learn
Not
To Speak Esperanto
C) the
monster raving loony
candidate (some Iranian sightings); combines all the drawbacks of (A) and (B).
17 July 2003:
Andreas Johansson, "
Re: verbs?
",
The Conlang Mailing List
As long as you have it include
monster raving loony
languages ...
5 May 2005:
John Cowan, "
A quick tutorial on ergativity, by way of the Squid-Headed One
", on
Recycled Knowledge
(blog)
In yet another type, dubbed
Monster Raving Loony
languages (that name is
not
official), there is one form for A and P and another form for S! Rushan (not to be confused with Russian) is one of this rare type.
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