Re: Ethical dative (was: Question about transitivity etc.)
| From: | Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 2, 2003, 19:16 |
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John Cowan wråt:
> The ethical dative occurs in a wide variety of other languages as well:
> I have also found references to its use in Polish, Czech, Estonian,
> Romanian, Ingush, and Warlpiri.
Also in Ukrainian. Though it seems its usage is limited to cases when the action
is accomplished without any special intention:
Ide *sobi* Ivan, spivaje.
go.3s refl.pron.Dat. John sing.3s
John merely is walking and singing.
~~~~~~Yitzik~~~~~~
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