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Re: Attached Verbs

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, February 22, 2001, 0:56
Ed Heil wrote:
> > I was with you up till here. I don't think 'become' would naturally be > treated any differently than 'be.'
Well, become is a process, the "object" could be in another case, like an allative or something. Finnish uses the translative for the "object" of verbs of change, e.g., "Poika kasvoi mieheksi" = "The boy grew into a man". Granted, ergative/absolutive still seems highly unlikely to be used in a case like that. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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