Re: Triggers and Voice
| From: | Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 3, 2001, 16:18 |
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Muke Tever wrote:
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> Anyway, is this like saying a trigger language has no transitive verbs?
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Well, that's my personal view. I read a paper once stating that the
distinction between subject and object in trigger languages is completely
irrelevant. A view that I agree with completely. One can of course take
this further and state that the distinction between transitive and
intransitive verbs is irrelevant in trigger languages. Now if such a
distinction is irrelevant, how can I say whether trigger languages have
or do not have transitive verbs? Hmmm... I'm not sure how to answer that
one.
-kristian- 8)