Re: Looking for a case: counting
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 15, 2004, 10:25 |
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 10:43:32PM -0800, Philippe Caquant wrote:
> To me, that should not be a case. Cases apply to noun
> concepts. I understand the expression 'many times' as
> if it was an temporal adverb, 'manitimes', modifying
> the sens of the verb 'threw'.
Eh, I don't think the idea of "noun concept" or "adverb" is that clear-cut.
There are many concepts expressed by noun cases in other languages which
are adverbial in nature in English: location, direction, manner, reason,
etc.
-Mark