'ag' (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:29:49 +0100
From: Antony Dubach Green <green at zas.gwz-berlin.de>
To: celtling at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: 'ag'

Hello to all you Irish syntax types out there:

What category is 'ag' when it's used before a verbal noun, as in "Tá sí ag
ól uisce" 'She's drinking water'?  It's not a P°, is it?  In fact, what
would be the tree structure of that sentence?

Can anyone give me publication references for this?

Go raibh maith agaibh,

Tonio

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