Re: Bi-objective Prepositions & betweeness.

On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 05:35  PM, Caleb Hines wrote:
> I'm not sure how to translate "between+X+and+Y" though, because I only
> want
> one main noun per word. For the moment, I'm using "below+X, above+Y"
> but
> this isn't universally applicable (*"below a rock, above a hard
> place"?).
> What I'll probably do is repeat the conjunction twice: "between+X,
> between+Y".
> Anyone have any insights on this technique, know a better way to do
> it, or
> know of other prepositions that behave like this ('amongst' would
> probably
> be one). Also, are there any natlangs that might have a funny way to
> express 'between-ness'.
> Thanks,
> ~Caleb
That's how I do it in Rokbeigalmki - |ba'X ba'Y|, "between X and Y".


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