Re: Ethical Dative, was Re: Polysynthetic Languages
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 1:44 |
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--- Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> wrote:
> It occurs to me that there's another English
> construction that is perhaps a
> little bit like the "ethical dative" in some
> other languages. I'm thinking of
> the use of "your" in sentences like:
>
> 1. In short, it's your typical picturesque
> northeastern small town.
Yeah. That makes sense. An "ethical possessive"?
It's not actually "your" town; but adding "your"
to the sentence emotionally or personally
involves the hearer in a similar way that "me"
involves the speaker of "No me come..."
Still, we can't do this with *my or *her.
Padraic.
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