Ash: Difference between revisions

Ash is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct%E2%80%93inverse_alignment direct-inverse language]. Transitivity and volition are tied up in a single grammatical category termed agency. Direct agency is explicitly marked, and the roles of agent and patient can be swapped without a change in word order by way of an inversion marker on the verb. The purpose of this is topicalisation, leaving the topic in the subject position. The subject requires such a topical marker, which will be detailed in the section on locative verbs.