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From: aeb@mcvax.UUCP (Andries Brouwer)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Query on ergative languages
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 09:30:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 09:30:21 1985
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In article <853@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP
(Mitchell Marks) writes:
> For example, those who know French may want to
> take a look at what happens in the faire-causative.  My French is not
> very good, so there will be some mistakes in this example, but I hope
> it will illustrate the point anyway.
> 
> 	1.  Jean mange.   (john eats)
> 	2.  Jean mange le pain.   (john eats the bread)
> 	3.  Je lui fais manger (`a Jean).   (I make/have him [John] eat.)
> 	4.  Je le lui fais manger.  (I make/have him eat it.)
> 
> I actually need another couple of sentences, to show that in (4) the 'le'
> pronominalizes 'Jean' and the 'lui' pronominalizes 'le pain' -- better
> choice of the food, for gender or number, would have done it.  

No, 'lui' in (4) refers to 'Jean', so your example is void.
{ Make Jean plural and see 'lui' change into 'leur'. }