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Re: Summary so far on DJUNO
>>And doesn't {fatci} potentially have such a place?
>>
>>If yes, why is {fatci} totally useless but not the others? If no, why not?
>
>Yes. But fatci, having only 1 place in its formal place structure, has no
>significant semantics OTHER than its absoluteness. Most of the gismu are
>multiplace and have semantics defined largely in terms of the interaction
>between the places. the 1 placers tedn to be the least useful of the gismu
>- the most semantically poor.
But {blanu}, {remna} and {sfofa} are all one-placers. Are they as totally
useless as {fatci}, then?
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