Re: Theta Role Question

David Peterson wrote:

>In English, "Music is his passion" wouldn't be very different
>from "Jimmy is a boy" [...]
>In both sentences, the
>second part is a kind of description of the first (or perhaps
>some added information about the first).  The difference is
>that being a boy is an inherent part of Jimmy; being someone's
>passion is not an inherent part of music.
Seems to me that "Jimmy is a boy." is straightforwardly topic-
comment, while "Music is his passion." feels more like a
"music"-focused version of "His passion is music."

Is "His passion is music." any easier to translate into Ayeri?

Jonathan.

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