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From: Otto Prytz
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:45
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:45
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In Spanish, in "absolute" clauses, the subject of an infinitive or a gerund is clearly nominative: "No digas tales palabras, estando _yo_ aqui'" = "Don't say such words, _i_ being here". But there is much to be said about the term "absolute". In Latin, I think the verb form used in absolute clauses was always a participle, i.e. an _adjectival_ form. The English -ing form can be taken as adjectival or adverbial.
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ifi.uio.no!nntp.uio.no!oprytz From: oprytz@ulrik.uio.no (Otto Prytz) Subject: Re: "Nominative" absolute? Message-ID: <921118.144526.oprytz@pchf112> Lines: 7 Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News) Nntp-Posting-Host: pchf112.uio.no Organization: University of Oslo Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:45:26 GMT Lines: 8