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Re: THEORY: accusativity marking [was Re: Viko Notes Question]

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Sunday, June 30, 2002, 20:59
Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Esto no corresponde a > Odradek (J.L. Borges: Odradek is a non-human creature) "This is not a > trait of Odradek's",
Odradek! Hey, that's from a Kafka story which until now I thought *nobody* ever read but me (although admittedly I have not talked to any German-speakers about it). -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit