In a message dated 6/24/2009 21:19:52 Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Luke Bergen <<A > HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A>> > wrote: > >> So here's an off-the-wall question. Would the three following >> sentences mean the same thing (emphasis and all)? >> >> klama >> zo'e klama zo'e zo'e zo'e zo'e >> > > I'd say they all mean the same thing. The first two are technically > equivalent, although I imagine most hearers would seek an agenda behind all > those > {zo'e}. Also, of course, the first could be interpreted as an observative, > while the others could not. The third, I think, is tautological. > > mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan > > > I'd say the first two mean essentially, if not exactly, the same thing. None of the places in either sentence is filled with any kind of semantic content. All of the places, on the other hand, are filled in the third sentence, albeit with obvious arguments. So in the first sentence all arguments are omitted, in the second they are all explicitly suppressed, and in the third one they are all explicitly mentioned. But the net effect is probably the same in all three. mu'o mi'e stevon
