ИСТИНА

This paper describes a rare morphosyntactic strategy - similar marking of ergative Agent and Patient in Nominative-Accusative constructions. So far, such a strategy has not been noted in any of the NIA languages; thus, it may be considered a quickly disappeared feature of Apabhramsha. This paper will show that similar morphosyntactic alignment was typical for 1-st and 2-nd person pronominal systems of Old Punjabi. The data analyzed here were obtained from Punjabi poetical texts included in Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs.