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Re: [Latejami] L8: argument links of case tag/adverbs



MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> Lesson 8 has this sentence:
>     I saw John in the dining room eating.
>     Kiva bavi Lajonbegi zoge fudepi fucale.
> 
> The implied subject of "fucale" is obviously "Lajonbegi", but is this
> necessarily the case?  Can the sentence be interpreted so that the
> implied subject is "bavi"?
> 

It sure can, although I doubt if anyone would.  You could also interpret
it so that the implied subject of "zoge" is "bavi".

>
>  How can the argument the adverb/case tag links to be made explicit?
>

How would you do it in English?


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram