Re: Triggers and Administrivia (was Re: Fwd: Re: One And A Half)

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:35:33 -0400, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:

> That, as I understand it, is the essence of triggerism, though I suspect
> some would take umbrage at the term "case".

I find it's a lot easier to explain it to non-linguistic minded people
by simply saying: The verb focuses on a particular part of the
sentence. This particular part is marked with a particle.  The part of
the sentence which is the focus of the verb can be the one who did the
action, the one who received it, the thing used to do the action, the
place it happened, or who the action was done for.

Then they go "Oh, I see, so if I want to emphasize the instrument, I
use this affix?" or "If i'm talking about myself, I can use this
one?".

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