Re: Chomsky's notions
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 30, 2004, 4:06 |
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stepping carefully in...........
John Quijada wrote:
> To use one
> >> of Lakoff's great examples, compare the following two sentences:
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> >> If I were you I'd hate me.
?Underlying: "you hate me" or "you ought to hate me"-- therefore "if I were
you, I'd hate me". It also works with "people hate me" therefore.....
> >>
> >> If I were you I'd hate myself."
?Underlying: You hate yourself, therefore "If I were you, I'd hate myself"
Seems to me these work much better if one appends "too"