Re: Another new project and trigger languages
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 13, 2003, 5:34 |
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:17:57 +0100
Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
> completely symmetric, *any* function can become the trigger if there is a
> verbal form for it.
So the verb gives information about the trigger-noun;
Is this done lexically or by modifying a generic verb?
Does calling a language 'trigger' imply how the information about the
trigger-noun carried by the verb is encoded? I.e., whether it is a
lexical or a derivational issue? Does either method seem to be preferred
in natural languages?
s.
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Stephen Mulraney ~ e::ataltane at ataltane.net ~ w::ataltane.net
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