Re: Comments? Applicative and Noun Incorporation
| From: | Irina Rempt <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 13, 2002, 17:28 |
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On Saturday 13 April 2002 02:41, David Peterson wrote:
> My professor gave us the sentence that her six year-old son said,
> "Don't hair-dry me", as opposed to "Don't dry my hair". This was
> described as applicative. Is that what's going on here?
I'd understand "Don't hair-dry me" as "Don't use the hair dryer on my
hair" and "Don't dry my hair" as either "Leave my hair wet" or "I'll
use the towel myself".
Irina
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