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Re: Conlang book

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 7, 2001, 19:42
> >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.
Maybe not. I guess I simply liked the idea of a guy walking around inside a wall ... Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.