Re: Word Order in typology
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 6:01 |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:44:16 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> IS: Hana vanta peninga.
> ACC ACC
> DE: Mir fehlt Geld.
> DAT ACC.
You sure the German has DAT-ACC? I'd put DAT-NOM in that construction:
Mir fehlt ein guter Freund.
Was mir fehlt, ist ein guter Freund.
Was fehlt dir? Ein Freund fehlt mir.
*Mir fehlt einen guten Freund.
In which case this may be simply a "gefallen" construction with dative
experiencer - and I suppose the nominative is the subject.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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