George Boeree | Re: Transativity

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: Re: Transativity
• Data: 2005-12-14 12:58
• Mesaje: 1894 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

The context completely determines the sense:  If there is an object,
it is transitive; if not, it is intransitive.  This follows the
pattern in english and many other languages.

Jorj

--- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, "kinghajj2" <kinghajj@c...>
wrote:
>
> I'm sorry that this post is in English.
>
> How does one determine the transitivity of a verb in LFN? For example,
> "I'm boiling the water" is transitive, whereas "The water boils" is
> intransitive.
>
> In some cases, transitivity is obvious, but in others, like for the
> word "boil," it is not. For verbs that could be either transitive or
> intransitive, should LFN have two different words, or should it be
> relied upon the listener/reader to determine transitivity in context?
>