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The document examines two hypotheses about the clause alignment of Early Proto-Indo-European (PIE): the active hypothesis and the ergative hypothesis. It discusses arguments that have been made for the active hypothesis, such as certain proposed features of an "active language" being present in PIE. However, it notes that many of these features are not reliable indicators of an active language. The document also examines evidence from Late PIE that is claimed to support an earlier active alignment, but find

Author

Nicolás Sánchez

Language

EN