Re: Conlang book
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 8, 2001, 7:04 |
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Andreas Johansson (I think) 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?
>>
Here's a brand new English usage, from a Yahoo report on today's incident at
the White House:
"Police described Pickett as possibly suicidal, saying at one point he put
the gun _inside_ his mouth." A very small gun, or a very large mouth, eh?