Re: Adpositions gaining new uses
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 11:46 |
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On 2008-11-18 ROGER MILLS wrote:
> The verbs that can occur in the construction (at least in
> Engl.) seem limited to those of "wanting" in its various
> tenses, and may some (near)synonyms, like "love"(?). Is
> that true of other langs.
_Hunden/katten vill in/ut_ 'the dog/cat wants in/out_.
Swedish has _vill ut/in/hit/dit/hem/tillbaka/bort/genom_
'wants (to go) out/in/here/there/home/back/away/through'.
We can also say _vill_ + PREP + PLACENAME, e.g. _jag vill
på bio_ 'want to go to the movies' _jag vill inte till
skolan_ 'I don't want to go to school', _jag vill från stan_
'want to go/get away from the city'. There is also '
_Jag vill runt huset_ 'I want around the house'
which has a very specialized meaning IML. I guess
I'm influenced by a now dying rural usage!
The only verb which can readily be substituted for _vilja_
in these constructions is _längta_ 'long to go' as
in _jag längtar till Grekland_ 'I'm longing to go to
Greece'. NB _Jag längtar att åka till G._ with
'to go' explicified is possible but rarer. Same with
the other examples _vill gå på bio_ etc.
My examples my be influenced by Tweenese, but the usage
is definitely adult! ;-)
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