Re: USAGE: Count and mass nouns
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 19, 2004, 20:37 |
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En réponse à Philippe Caquant :
>So if there is no difference, how comes that I can
>feel one, even if I can't explain it properly ?
That *you* feel a difference by no means says it's universal. Your feelings
are what they are: *yours*. Don't try to deduce general rules from them
without backing them with more data than just your own feelings.
>I have to think it over. There just must be something
>in it.
Why? As you said, those are your feelings only. I personally don't feel
they are different, except for the fact that one pair is just about
directions with myself as referent and the second is a fundamental
philosophical concept. But that doesn't mean they are different kinds of
pairs. The simple fact that we disagree should point out that you shouldn't
try too hard to find a deep linguistic meaning under your feelings.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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