Re: Neutral meaning of the particle "O"

mirror wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:16:17 -0800, Dan Rempel
<drempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is your definition of transitivity?


In English: A verb that takes an object without being separated
from that object by a preposition. By definition, this object is
ragarded as a "direct object." Transitivity names this
relationship, but it does not define it -- a verb that directly
bumps against an object (no preposition involved) is what defines
it.

Transitivity was not discovered by people investigating English.

When Japanese discuss the transitivity/intransitivy of English verbs in
Japanese, they use the terms "tadousi" and "zidousi," and ditto for
other languages. (I don't kow what they call ergativity.)

Each language has certain ways to mark the category. I see no more
problems arising from considering the "wo" sticker to be an accusative
ending than from recognizing the case endings in German or Latin or
whatever.

Bart
[...]
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