On Aug 30, 2017 23:09, "Lieven" <levinius@gmx.de> wrote: Am 30.08.2017 um 20:32 schrieb Steven Boozer:
I’m not quite sure I understand what Lieven’s FaceBook critic meant by “some kind of tool”, but here are a few purpose clauses that probably don’t – depending on how you analyze them - involve “purpose nouns”:
I'm not sure what Lieven means by "tool" since a {rojHom} isn't a tool. There are plenty of purpose clauses modifying nouns which aren't tools. Very often, there are two ways to interpet such constructions, for instance *Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH*
I'm sure this is not {DIlmeH Huch} but a separate phrase {Dochvetlh DIlmeH} + {Huch 'ar DaneH} Really? I think this is {[Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch] 'ar DaneH?} and not *{Dochvetlh DIlmeH, Huch 'ar DaneH?}, because in the latter case, I'd expect {Dochvetlh vIDIlmeH, Huch 'ar DaneH?} -- De'vID