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Re: Re : Re: Artyom Kouzminykh: Answers & proposal

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Date:Monday, August 23, 1999, 12:50
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 23/08/99 09:59:33  , vous avez =E9crit :

> The usual story is that the perfect tense construction with 'have' > originates in sentences like 'I have cooked meat' (original sense only > 'I possess meat that is cooked'). Once reanalysed, grammaticalized and > generalized, there is no longer any sense of possesion attached to the > construction, or necessary for its explanation. > =20 > Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT=20
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the "=E9nonc=E9 attributif" is the alternate to "=E9nonc=E9 actif" : actif : the moon -----> shines attributif : the moon <----- is shining i have <------ cooked meat i ------> cook meat meat <----- is cooking meat -----> cooks (oh no ! not that mediostuff again !!!) i <----- have [ meat ------> cook(s) ] meat <----- is [ (i) ----> cook (meat) ]=3Ded etc. mathias