Query Details
| Query Subject: |
sensation and related physical property predicates
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| Author: | Daniela Caluianu |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
Dear collegues, I would be extremely grateful if you could suggest any bibliographical material dealing with the semantic alternation in (1) below. (1) a. This tea is ho b. I am ho Whereas the predicate in (1a) refers to a physical property, the one in (1b) refers to a sensation. Sentence (1b) can be paraphrased as 'I feel hot'. In some languages, such as my native Romanian, the semantic distinction is associated with a formal distinction. The NP in (1a) is nominative whereas the one in (1b) is dative. I am particularly interested in: (a) accounts of this semantic distinction in languages where it is not associated with any formal marking. (b) whether there are any languages that use distinc predicates to express (1a) and (1b). I thank you in advance. I will post a summary. Daniela Caluianu daniela@crest.ocn.ne.jp |
