BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:50:16AM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On 6/3/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > How about adding this to the Preface section (and, of course, it
> > would need to be stuck in the CLL somewhere; ideas?):
> >
> > !!! Implicit sumti Raising
> >
> > If a gismu place specifies that it normally takes an
> > abstraction, or a particular type of abstraction (ka, nu, etc),
> > then if a concrete object appears in that place, it should be
> > considered to have "tu'a" in front of it. This also applies to
> > BAI and SE BAI sumti tcita in which the underlying gismu place
> > requires an abstraction.
>
> What does it mean "if a gismu place specifies that..."?
>
> Is that about how the current gi'uste deals with that, or are you
> proposing a thorough revision of place structures?
I'm proposing deferring this issue entirely. 
-Robin