Re: Noun Cases

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 07:22:54AM +0100, takatunu wrote:
> John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> <<<<
> The distinction, when it is made (not always), is that "why?" asks for the
> material cause of something, but "wherefore?" asks for the final cause:
> the purpose or justification.
> <<<<
[...]

Cool, thanks for the description, which is just what I need in the
Ebisédian grammar. :-) In Ebisédian, the distinction is made using the
case of the interrogative noun. E.g.:

	gh0'         kele?	- Why did this happen? (What caused this?)
	interrog-ORG pro-v

	ghu'         kele?	- Wherefore did this happen? (To what end
	interrog-RCP pro-v	  did this happen?)

There is also a third distinction using the instrumental case:

	gha'           kele?	- How (by what means) did this happen?
	interrog-INSTR pro-v


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