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Re: [engelang] intensions & extensions (Xorban)

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@hidden.email> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 4:24 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
>
>> As for "she was talking to
>> who she thought was John" I can't get that reading for "She was talking to
>> John" (except in Free Indirect Style, where the narrator is describing the
>> world as the subject perceives it to be).
>
> How about "she was talking to God" (said by someone who doesn't
> believe in God) or "she was talking to her dead husband" (said by
> someone who doesn't believe in spirits)?

Or "she was talking to (her imaginary friend) John".

ma'a xrxe