| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 29, 2004, 16:54 |
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 07:43:44PM -0800, Michael Martin wrote:> Also on the subject, what is the difference between the causative and > instrumental cases, or is there a difference?Indeed. At least in Okaikiar, which has both, a noun in the causastive case answers the question "why?"; a noun in the instrumental case answers the question "how?". -Mark
| Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |