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Re: Conlang book

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 7, 2001, 3:41
Daniel Andreasson wrote:
>Hm what about this: A lang where the only difference between the following >sentences 'd be the case inflextion on the wrod for "wall": > >He walks to the wall (and stops there). >He walks into (the inside of) the wall. >He walks from the wall. >He walks out from inside the wall. >He walks inside the wall. >He walks through the wall. > >Is there any natlang with sufficient cases for this?
IIRC Finnish has at least some of these, though "walk" and "wall" may not be the most sematically felicitous combination. .