Re: Case/Tense question

At 19:58 09/01/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Also, I want to create cases from prepositions.  I'm considering:
>
>To -> dative
>In -> locative
>With -> instrumental
>and so on, the details aren't clear yet.
>
>I want an accusative, but I don't know what could lead to it.  What
>would be reasonable?
>
        I was thinking of 'to', but you already use it as 'dative'. I'm thinking
of 'to' by comparing it to Spanish 'a' used as an accusative marker. Also,
'to' could be reanalysed in sentences like "I want to go" as an accusative
marker used with infinitives, and then be extended to nouns by a parallel
"I want to go" / "I want an apple" becoming ""I want to an apple"" or
something like this. Of course, just my 2 centimes, I'm far from a linguist
:) .

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