12.792, Qs: Space/Place Construal, Chinese Conditional

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Subject: 12.792, Qs: Space/Place Construal, Chinese Conditional

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1)
Date:  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:29:45 -0500
From:  m chuk <chukm at ere.umontreal.ca>
Subject:  spatial construal in sepik river region

2)
Date:  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:01:54 -0500
From:  tzpj <tzpj at grove.iup.edu>
Subject:  conditional in Chinese

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Date:  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:29:45 -0500
From:  m chuk <chukm at ere.umontreal.ca>
Subject:  spatial construal in sepik river region

hallo all.

i'm wondering if anyone is familiar with notions of space/place as
used by speakers in the sepik river region of PNG in general and
specifically east iatmul.

are these absolute (cardinal sources, landmark-based), relative, intrinsic?

thanks.
marsha chuk
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Date:  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:01:54 -0500
From:  tzpj <tzpj at grove.iup.edu>
Subject:  conditional in Chinese

Hi,

I would like to request your native judegement about sentence (3) to see
if you can get conditional meaning for (3).
Your help is greatly appreciated.

(1) Ni yao mei qu, wo jiu qu. (If you did not go, I would go)
(2) Ni yao bu qu, wo jiu qu. (if you do not go, I will go.)
(3) Ni bu yao qu, wo jiu qu.

Marina Chen
Rhetoric and Linguistics
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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