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Re: [katanda] hedging



"Kapitano" <kapitano@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> She kissed you [amusement]
> She kissed you [disbelief]
> She kissed you [uncirtain disbelief]
> ... 
> Could the interlingua have an optional 'prepositional clause' (or
> an adverbial) to indicate speaker attitude?
>

It could, but I know of no natural languages that do it consistently and
comprehensively.  The concepts themselves certainly will exist as mental
state verbs.  Thus, we could say:

  I'm amused that she kissed you.
  I doubt that she kissed you.
  etc.


Regards,

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