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Re: Q's abuot trigger again

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 21:33
Quoting Javier BF <uaxuctum@...>:

> >> Of > >> course, "in his bed" is inessive, but it's also a place, and that's why > it > >> can be locative as well, right? > > > >I'm unfamiliar with this particular piece of terminology, but as far as I > >understand it, Javier's using "locative" for mandatory and "inessive" for > >optional specifications of place. > > No, actually, since in the same paragraph I was > mentioning "locative object" ("the garden" of > the famous example), I chose the word "inessive" > so as to avoid repeating the word "locative" or > having to say something like "locative locative" > to emphasize that then I was referring to places > seen as locations of an event rather than as > affected participants of it.
OK, thanks for the clarification. Andreas

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Carsten Becker <post@...>