[Lingtyp] body-location vs. event-location

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at stanford.edu
Thu Feb 28 23:20:43 EST 2019



> On Feb 28, 2019, at 5:29 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> (Where were you hurt? In the stomach / In a fitness club)
> 
> this posting on my blog contains a note about the marking of these two concepts in the world's languages (with a suggestion that it might be related to inalienable vs. alienable possession). there is no doubt some literature on the matter, but i don't know it.  comments welcome.
> 
> 2/27/19: Body-location, event-location:
> https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/02/27/body-location-event-location/

posting here sparked a *gigantic* spike in views of this blog posting, quite astonishing. but, so far, no responses of any kind.  maybe there *isn't* a literature on the subject.  or maybe i should just wait a while.

arnold




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