From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Again trigger & stuff
> Quoting Carsten Becker <post@...>:
[snip]
> May be obvious, but I meant I doubt that they are _frequent_ in practice.
>
> > > Depends, of course, a bit of what
> > qualifies an
> > > NP for triggerhood; in Tagalog, if I've got it right, it's a
combination
> > of
> > > emphasis and theme-hood.
> > >
> > > Andreas
> > >
> >
> > Mhm. I see. Nevertheless, you could define that the actor is triggered
in
> > such situations, that'd be the same effect as our "subject" I think.
>
> Should be fine, as long as the sentence _has_ an actor!
>
> Andreas
>
:) Of course. And also that bit about the trigger usage has to do with the
situation is clear now.
Thank you!