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Re: [saweli] Re: ditransitive verbs: he called me a friend

In a message dated 5/15/2007 4:41:16 AM Central Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:


He heard her in the garden. (-> Because of how he heard her, from his
point of view, he thought she was in the garden.)

...


> If this isn't what you mean, then I don't understand how you get

the second
> interpretation from the given sentence.

Hm... do you say you don't understand how "He heard her in the
garden" could be read "From his point of view, when he heard her, she
was in the garden" ?


Not precisely, but rather it's the phrasing you gave before that that I don't understand.

How do you get "From his point of view, when he heard her, she was in the garden" from "He heard her in the garden"?

Can you offer a contrast, such as "From her point of view, ..."?

Maybe it's a contextual meaning, rather than an overt one.

stevo