Re: Ethical Dative, was Re: Polysynthetic Languages
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 9:28 |
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--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:
>
> > > 1. In short, it's your typical picturesque
> > > northeastern small town.
> >
> > Yeah. That makes sense. An "ethical
> possessive"?
>
> Shakespeare has this one too: "There are more
> things in heaven and
> earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your
> philosophy". This "your" is
> often misread as meaning Horatio's personal
> philosophy, but it doesn't;
> it refers to "natural philosophy" (= science)
> in general.
Excellent. I wonder how that got started?
Padraic.
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