tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 18 13:58:47 1999
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Re: ambiguous locatives
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ambiguous locatives
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:57:18 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:15:41 -0500 TPO <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 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.
You don't store it in the basement. You store it in the laundry
chute. It falls into the basement all by itself. Gravity stores
it in the basement.
> DloraH
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