Re: THEORY: Mixed erg/acc
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 13, 2000, 15:52 |
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Roger Mills wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/12/2000 7:56:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:
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> << Isn't the phrase "woe is me" a vestige of that construction in older
> English?
> >>
> Along with "methinks" and "meseems". And German "Weh ist mir!" and Latin
> "vae +dative"
Also, "if you please", where historically "you" is dative.
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