Date:  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:55:55 -0500 (EST)
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Reply-To: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
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From: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
Organization: University of Central Lancashire
Subject:      Re: CAha (was: partial instantiations)
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To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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John:
> [...] But "pu'i" really means "At time T, subject S
> has demonstrated the potential of being/doing P" whereas "ca'a"
> means "At time T, subject S is being/doing P".  In principle,
> one might demonstrate the potential for eating without actually
> having done so in the past.

(i) Is {da ka`e broda}

    {ka`e ku da broda} = {cumki fa lo nu da broda}

or

    {da ka`e ku broda} = {da zo`u cumki fa lo nu da broda}

?

(ii) How can one express the idea "At time T, subject S is
being/doing P", as opposed to "At time T=now, S is P"? (I
thought that {ca`a} has a default expansion to {ca ca`a}.)

--And