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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear LINGTYP users,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the substandard variety of Sardinian Italian the
following construction is used: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><I> la casa vuole pagata; questo vuole
fatto</I> , litt. "the house wants paid" i.e. "the house has to be/must be
paid". This is the italianization of a Sardinian dialect construction:
Campidanese <EM>su domu boliri pagara </EM>"the house has to be/must be
paid"<EM>; kustu boli fattu "</EM>this has to be done".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A parallel construct is attested in Pantelleria
(Sicilian dialect):<I>stu múru si voli autigghiari</I> "this wall has to be/must
be elevated"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV>
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It has been suggested that this deontic use of the verb "will,want" is of
Arabic origin: Malti .<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><EM>dan<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>il-hajt<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>irid joghla (</EM>diacritics
omitted) "this the-wall wants elevated". </P>
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Is it a particular
feature of some Mediterranean languages or does anyone know of other
instances of this use of "will"? </P>
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Many thanks for your
suggestions.</P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>*************************************************<BR>Prof. Paolo
Ramat<BR>Dipartimento di Linguistica<BR>Università di Pavia<BR>Tel: +39 0382
504484<BR>Fax: +39 0382
504487<BR>*************************************************</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>