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Wiki page BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita changed by rlpowell

On 6/8/05, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > > That would work if {cusku} meant "x1
> > expresses x2", but {cusku}
> > > means "x1 expresses something with x2",
>
> This is very strange; can someone give me the
> history of what would lead someone to say such a
> thing. My wordlist clearly has {cusku2} as what
> is expressed or said; not whatever the
> alternative here claimed is.

Mine has:

x1 (agent) expresses/says x2 (sedu'u/text/lu'e concept)
for audience x3 via expressive medium x

So x2 is clearly marked as for what is said (se du'u/text/lu'e concept),
not what is expressed by that (du'u/meaning of text/concept).

Besides, {cusku} is always used with a text in x2.

mu'o mi'e xorxes