Re: Trigger language?
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 15:07 |
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:08:57PM +0000, Joe wrote:
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> Hmmm...that's the thing, I would say that a conveyant is a Direct case,
> as it invaribly refers the the thing that is moving, and thus this the
> actant or the patient.
Not really. For verbs like "to meet", all participants in the meeting
would be in the conveyant case. Of course, one could still argue that they
had to move into position in order to meet.
T
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