Re: (OT) The Importance of Getting the Casing Right (was: Freedom to Normalise)

From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@icu-project.org)
Date: Tue May 06 2008 - 12:40:58 CDT

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Or in English:

He likes the Polish.
He likes the polish.

He likes China.
He likes china.

(even a pronunciation difference in the first example).

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Otto Stolz <Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Kenneth Whistler schrieb:
>
> > Huh? Casing changes the interpretation of text,
> >
>
> An amusing example of the effect casing can exert on interpretation
> is the following minimal pair of German clauses:
> - Er hat in Moskau liebe Genossen. (=At Moskow, he has dear Comrades)
> - Er hat in Moskau Liebe genossen. (=At Moskow, he has enjoyed love)
>
> Enjoy,
> Otto Stolz
>
>
>
>

-- 
Mark

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