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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Slovene it appears that a verb like
<EM>pociti</EM> ("to crack") does not allow the transitive causative use,
whereas with <EM>streti</EM> (also "to crack") such a use is totally
idiomatic:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1 <EM>*Oce je pocil vazo.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 <EM>Oce je strl vazo.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The structure in 1, with <EM>oce
</EM>("father") as the subject, is acceptable when <EM>pociti </EM>is
used in one of its other senses, i.e. <EM>to hit,</EM> as in <EM>Oce
je pocil otroka</EM> ("Father hit the child").</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Martina Ozbot</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Ljubljana</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>