Abstract
The author claims that a) the encoding of the core constituents in the Old Hurrian perfective forms reveals some residual non-ergative (active) features, b) this preergative type of encoding coexisted with the ergative one, c) the mixed active-ergative type of encoding of Old Hurrian was replaced in Late (Mitannian) Hurrian by the typically ergative one, d) the language of the Tižadal-inscription, the earliest known Hurrian text, was not ergative.
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Abbreviations
A agent
abs. absolutive
abl. ablative
dat. dative
dir. directive
erg. ergative
ess. essive
gen. genitive
O object
p. person
pl. plural
sg. singular
V verb
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