tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 17 10:16:33 1999
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Re: ambiguous locatives
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ambiguous locatives
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:15:41 -0500
>> Heck, even {nuqDaq yuch Dapol?} uses a locative that doesn't have a
>> lot to do with the location of the subject of the sentence.
>
>I perfectly disagree. The moment of the action of the verb, the
>subject is at the location. The question is not "Where is the
>chocolate?" The question is "Where do you store the chocolate?"
>The action occurs while you and the chocolate are in the same
>place.
...
>Come on. The action occurs at a location. That's what locatives
>do. In this case, storing/keeping the chocolate happens where
>you are as you store the chocolate.
Well... not necessarily.
I store the chocolate in the basement, but I have never been in the
basement; I drop it down the laundry chute.
DloraH