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2 total messages Started by David Mark Sat, 05 Sep 1998 00:00
lexicalization on out-in-out paths
#3015
Author: David Mark
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 00:00
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Many languages have words to express a path that starts outside a region,
goes into it, and then goes outside again.  English can express this
with prepositions X as in "the deer went X the park" where X can be through, 
or across, or through path verbs Y as in "the deer Y the park" for 
Y = crossed, traversed, bisected, etc.

But, I do not know of any language that has a simple preposition (as in 
"the deer went X the park" or a simple path verb as in "the deer Y the park"
that expresses a path that starts INSIDE a region, goes OUT, and then 
comes back inside.

First, does anyone know of an exception to my second point, i.e., a 
simple term in some language for an Inside-Outside-Inside path?

Second, does anyone know of an exception to my first point, i.e., a 
language that LACKS one or more simple terms for an Outside-Inside-Outside
path?

Third, does anyone know of or have a theory or principle to account
for this difference if indeed the generalization stands up?

David Mark
dmark@geog.buffalo.edu
Re: lexicalization on out-in-out paths
#3016
Author: Greg Lee
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 00:00
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In sci.lang David Mark <dmark@joxer.acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
: Many languages have words to express a path that starts outside a region,
: goes into it, and then goes outside again.  English can express this
: with prepositions X as in "the deer went X the park" where X can be through, 
: or across, or through path verbs Y as in "the deer Y the park" for 
: Y = crossed, traversed, bisected, etc.

These examples from English are not specific to regions, since one
can go across a line, or through a gate.  Unless you understand
region in a very general way, in which case "hop" (leaving a surface
and returning) or "vacation" (leaving work and returning)
might be examples of in-out-in verbs.

...
-- 
Greg Lee <lee@Hawaii.edu>
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