tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 13 05:22:46 2000
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Re: Deixis and direction
jIjatlh:
> << And Type 5'd nouns DO appear in the object position for some verbs: the
> verbs of motion.
jatlh peHruS:
> I expected just this type of reply when I threw in that quote from TKD.
> That's okay.
romuluSngan tojwI' Darur!
jatlh peHruS:
> I cannot say that "redundant but not out-and-out wrong" so-called
> locative/direct object predicates when there is a verb of motion will
> disappear by edict from MO. But, I think he is considering "cleaning up"
> some of the earlier "mistakes." {-Daq} will become locative only and
verbs
> of motion will take direct objects without employing {-Daq}. The only
"soft"
> evidence I have is that more and more verbs are being confirmed as capable
of
> taking direct objects.
Actually, verbs of motion taking /-Daq/ nouns as an object is a recent
development.
SuStel
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