| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 11, 2004, 17:01 |
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:01:17 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:> Mark J. Reed scripsit: > >> > This is why I keep arguing that the French >> >> /Spanish/Italian/etc > > No, I think French is really different here.In general certainly, but probably not in the case of body parts; the Spanish construction "levanta la mano" is equal to the French "levez la main". To me the difference feels like alienable (tu) vs inalienable (la) possession. *Muke! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/
| Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |