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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | José Roberto |
E-mail: | josezambon@merconet.com.br |
Data: | 19/SET/2003 4:14 PM |
Assunto: | Re: prep. |
Mensagem: |
Hello Fabiana I submitted your query to an American linguistic and she told me: "José, No, the distinction is idiosyncratic -- evening is seen as a period of time (like morning), but night is a point (the end of the day), just like noon is a point in time (the middle of the day). There is no reason why night should have been seen this way, but it just was. Linda" José Roberto PS: It seems that Mrobertson was right once again :) PSii: Hey Carmen, he might have complained for he might have not been able to understand the answers in Portuguese. :) |