Are 'spatial relations' Universals?

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1 total messages Started by Steve MacGregor Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:00

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Author: Steve MacGregor
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:00

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According to gusty@clark.net (Harlan Messinger):

>Similarly for here/there or here/there close by/there far away:
>
>   French: ici/la`
>   Chinse: zhe/na
>   Spanish: aqui'/ai'/alli' (but aca'/alla')
    Japanese: koko/soko/ako      {I believe this is correct -- Steve}
>
>What other variations exist?

  It's always seemed strange that Esperanto has only =one= word for all 
three:  tie = there; tio = that; tia = that kind; etc.
  To talk of something near, you need to stick in the particle "c^i", 
which turns the meaning around:  c^i-tie = here; c^i-tio = this; 
c^i-tia = this kind, etc.  I haven't seen anyone attempt to simulate the 
three-way distinction of Spanish and Japanese, but it could probably be 
done.

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