Re: Q's abuot trigger again

From: "Barry Garcia" <barry_garcia@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Q's abuot trigger again


> Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
> > *ablative: I'm not sure if this is the right term for that. Barry Garcia
> >> wrote, "[...] Direction - to whom the action was directed towards" -
but
> >> AFAIK an ablative defines "indicating direction from or time when"
> >> (http://phrontistery.50megs.com/cases.html), it's *from*, not *to*.
>
> Yes, it is true, the directional/locative focus indicates the thing/person
> *where* the action took place, not *from* where the action originated. So,
> since ablative indicates from or when, then ablative is not the word to
> describe it.
>
> Focused nouns where the verb is using the directional/locative take the
> trigger, rather than the preposition "sa".
*sigh* ... I see. I must start reading that Triggeriness... thread earlier
as I wanted to. Acutally, I started this forenoon in the first big break (I
printed out the messages yesterday evening). That thread is pretty long
already!

OK then, thank you very much folks for so much patience! I think I've
understood the basics now and read on that Triggeriness... thread. I'd like
to stop this thread now and join the other thread.

Carsten