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Re: quadrivalent verb

From:Kenneth Asad <kenneth_asad@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 16:23
> > I don't see the logic behind considering it an argument slot, > > or else > > "I think that he is right" > > would involve a bivalent verb, > > which is hardly so.> > Why not? How can you think such a thing?> > (In other words: > I can imagine it as a bivalent verb > whose second argument is nearly always a clause.) I would have to agree with Phillip :-)
I can see no reason as to why a clause should not be able to be a core argument... Even if the particular verb can only have a clause as - say - a direct object. _________________________________________________________________ Pimp din egen buddy med buddy Maker http://www.messengerplayground.dk/buddymaker

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