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Re: GROUPLANG: cases (was: noun and verb roots)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, October 16, 1998, 8:06
Pablo Flores wrote:
> Case 4: > The dog BIT me > (predicate)
Wait a sec! BIT is the verb here. How can it have a case?
> Case 5: > THE RED dog bit me > (determinant) (also serves as genitive/possessive)
What? RED is an adjective, so are you saying that the case for genetive also makes nouns into adjectives? In that case, is it really a case and not a derivation?
> Case 6: > A RED dog bit me > (modifier) (also serves as genitive)
So, what's the difference between these two? And what about dative or instrumental? How about local cases? -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files ICQ: 18656696 AOL: NikTailor