examples of unusual word order in hina and hoti clauses
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Aug 29 19:05:13 EDT 2002
At 1:04 PM -0700 8/29/02, c stirling bartholomew wrote:
>on 8/29/02 5:38 AM, Michael Burer wrote:
>
>> MONON TWN PTWCHWN hINA MNHMONEUWMEN
>>
>> TWN PTWCHWN is here functioning as the direct object of the verb
>> MNHMONEUWMEN, but it actually precedes the hINA. My first impression is
>> that it is outside the boundary of the hINA clause.
>
>
>Michael,
>
>I would not consider TWN PTWCHWN as a **grammatical** constituent within the
>hINA clause. TWN PTWCHWN appears to function as a *topic*, it is what the
>hINA clause *comments* about.
>
>In terms of grammatical function, TWN PTWCHWN looks like an adverbial
>constituent limiting the entire hINA clause, but not a constituent within
>the clause. It defines the scope of MNHMONEUWMEN.
>
>I think the whole "emphasis" issue is a false scent.
Clay, I'm not sure what you're saying about TWN PTWCWN; it seems to me that
if you really want it to be a constituent limiting the entire hINA clause,
it ought to be prefixed by PERI or something like that; as it is, I think
it really is an "object" of MNHMONEUWMEN, which requires a genitive
complement.
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Carl W. Conrad
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