19.260, Qs: Prepositions in Verbs of Removal

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Subject: 19.260, Qs: Prepositions in Verbs of Removal

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Date: 22-Jan-2008
From: Zehavit Segal < segalze at bgu.ac.il >
Subject: Prepositions in Verbs of Removal

 

	
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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:28:02
From: Zehavit Segal [segalze at bgu.ac.il]
Subject: Prepositions in Verbs of Removal
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Many languages possess ''verbs of removal'' that show the following
alternation:
 
1. John cleared the dishes off/from the table.
2. John emptied the water from the bathtub. 
 
3. John cleared the table of the dishes.
4. John emptied the bathtub of the water.
 
I'm only interested in the variants (3)-(4), where the location is
expressed as a direct object and the ''stuff'' as an oblique PP.
 
If you speak a language that has something like (3)-(4), I'd be interested
to see the translations. I'm particularly interested in the shape of the
preposition(s) in these examples, so please gloss them in detail.      
 
thanks in advance,
Zehavit Segal
 
segalze at bgu.ac.il 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax





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