Re: translation exercise
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 26, 2004, 9:48 |
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Philippe Caquant wrote:
>
> Yes, but what you describe is more pragmatic then
> semantic. It goes beyond the bare meaning of the
> sentence. The border between semantic and pragmatic is
> of course not a very precise one. I think that "to
> take home" doesn't mean "in order to have a drink, or
> sex, or anything else", although what we know of human
> society codes could suggest it. But it is possible to
> take somebody home without any idea of that sort
> underlying.
But, it is still ambiguous. Who's home? Is it "I know who I want to
take me to MY home" or "I know who I want to take me to THEIR home"?
I'd assumed it was the speaker's home, but I could see it being the
other's home. The ambiguity is there with or without any sexual or
other implications.
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