die Flucht ins Prasens, Peter
peter_kirk at sil.org
peter_kirk at sil.org
Tue Jun 1 00:31:56 EDT 1999
Dear Bryan,
Thank you for your time spent on this. I am afraid I am still not
convinced, but don't have time to argue this point (or Rolf's latest
one) any further at present.
Just one more question. You wrote:
Historical Narrative:
mainline: wayyiqtol ("verbal" syntax, fientive verb)
off-the-line: X-qatal ("stative" syntax, attributive verb)
Instructional Discourse:
mainline: weqatal ("verbal" syntax, attributive verb)
off-the-line: X-yiqtol ("stative" syntax, fientive verb)
Do you think you would have found this labelling "fientive" and
"attributive" if you had disregarded the similarities in form between
yiqtol and wayyiqtol, and between qatal and weqatal?
Peter Kirk
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