Switch-Reference
Is the subject of this action the same as the subject of the previous one?
A grammatical system that marks whether the subject of one clause is the same as, or different from, the subject of a neighbouring clause.
- T1 · Documented
Field record pending — no linked language specimens yet.
What linguistic research records.
- T2 · Interpreted
chained operations often lose track of which agent is currently acting
How Lanskrit reads the code deficit.
- T3 · Proposed
same-subject and different-subject operators
Speculative constructs — not executable code.
- T4 · Executed
Not yet compiled to a deterministic runtime.
Deterministic runtime — the graft as running machinery.
Each tier is a different kind of claim. We keep them visually distinct so a reader can never confuse a field record with a deterministic run.
Documented
What linguistic research records.
- continuity of the acting participant across clauses
- explicit change of subject
Interpreted
How Lanskrit reads the code deficit.
- chained operations often lose track of which agent is currently acting
Proposed
Speculative constructs — not executable code.
- same-subject and different-subject operators
Executed
Deterministic runtime — the graft as running machinery.
No executable runtime yet. This capability has not been compiled to a deterministic machine.
- explicit subject-continuity markers in workflows
- clearer multi-agent traces
- Switch-reference is not present in every language and takes different forms where it occurs.
No specific languages have been linked to this capability yet.
Cited as examples of the feature, not as claims about all speakers of these languages.
Source required
Research source pending verification.
Research entry incomplete.
- Record version
- 0.1
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-21
- Controversy level
- low