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In article 4465@trl.oz.au, jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy) writes:
>Yes, so in Latin (e.g. Catullus: dic mi te me amare), but in the
>Breton case, if memory serves me (I can't find my Breton grammar, 
>koc'h!) that confusion could arise in the simplest sentence, i.e.
>a single, main clause. 

Here are a couple of topicalization cases:

	Yann a lenn al lizher.
	Yann (topic) reads the book.

	Al lizher a lenn Yann.
	The book reads Yann.

Unmarked order:  Lenn a ra Yann al lizher
                 Read  does Yann the book

passive:  Al lizher eo lennet gant Yann
          the book (topic) is read   by   Yann

My experience is that Bretons react to the second sentence by reconstructing it
as a passive or laughing at the idea that a book could read Yann.  Nevertheless,
I believe Trepos reports it as legal.

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    Rick Wojcik   (rwojcik@boeing.com)   Seattle, WA