>From: Ed Heil <edheil@...>
>Subject: Re: Re : Case, Innateness, Almost Allnoun, NGL.
Well, thanks to both of you for commenting. It's a big surprise to me
how strongly you feel about it. I was just exploring. I must have
crossed some border without a visa. I'm out of here on this topic with
you guys.
Jerry
>
>I seriously believe Mathias is the great Verb-Sage of Conlang. I have
>neither studied enough on verbs in real-world linguistics, nor worked
>hard enough on my own on a verbal system for a conlang, to appreciate
>much of the wisdom he imparts, but should I embark on either of those
>endeavors I will become his attentive disciple.
>Ed Heil
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>> > xxxx an argument for a localist hypothesis of case roles and
>> > clause structure as part of the genetic endowment of the human
>> > species.
>> > Scott DeLancy's words.
Matias>>
>>
>> i read it. the NGL stuff is slightly simplistic.
>> you may want to listen to your children and ponder :
>> xxxxx
>> and a few other ***s when these above are cleared up.
>> "tense" is off-topic : rather discuss "aspect".
>> as for "verb-minimalist", i think speaking of "verb" is
>> already mixing PoS and cases.
>> and discussing "recipient" without pondering "result"
>> is nonsense.
>>
>> mathias