Re: a grammar sketch...
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 30, 2000, 2:54 |
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YHL,
I believe that reationale would put her in the patient case.
Adam
>From: Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:34:56 -0400
>
>I thought of that, except (as H.S. Teoh has done, rather more coherently)
>"accusative" and "dative" seem somehow wrong, because the *point* of the
>action is for "her" to have the flower, not for the flower to belong to
>"her," so "her" is in some sense the recipient of the action. :-/ I
>*know* I'm saying this poorly.
>
>Thanks for your thoughts. :-)
>
>Cheers,
>yHL
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