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Ah, truly interesting. My own feeling is that predicate nominals in
fact are not arguments (they aren't really meaningful referential
entities, but rather part of the predicate) -- but this is an excellent
case to discuss.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<pre wrap="">Pam, I'm not quite sure that this is a very important discussion, even
though I started it (one of my pet peeves, for years, has been the claim
that 'give' takes indirect objects universally). However, it's kind of
fun.
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Well, I think it's important, and quite timely for me.
It occurs to me that there may be a similar problem with z^echa (Lak. hecha).
It's a stative verb but there are can be two nominal expressions in the clause:
wohena z^e-ma-cha 'I am a cook'
Mary wohena z^echa 'Mary is a cook'
z^echa can only take one pronominal affix, so the structure of the verb in the
second sentence cannot be *z^e-0-0-cha.
(I've said so in the soon-to-be-pried-from-my-reluctant-hands grammar, so if I'm
wrong, tell me now!)
Linda
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Pamela Munro,
Professor, Linguistics, UCLA
UCLA Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
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