Re: quadrivalent verb

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 18:05, Kenneth Asad <kenneth_asad@...> wrote:
> In fact I am thinking about an example from the english language:
>
>     he sold the book to her for 20 bucks
>
> Now:
> "he" is definitely the agent - and in fact also the subject;
> "the book" is definitely the patient;
> "her = she" is the recipient and is supplied with an adposition (= preposition).
> Now:
> as to "20 bucks"...
> Well, it has an adposition :-) but so did "she" and this didn't stop "she" from
> being the recipient...
So recast: "He sold her the book for 20 bucks". Now "her" has no adposition!

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>