IIhe
wants to ask whether B "knows" something, he can use the single
semantic unit know* Spam
h would force him to choose between conocer(for
a person, place, or thing) and saber(for
a fact).
As these examples
show, each language "slices the pie of reality" in its own capricious
way. In English, we group a host of
different objects, of many types, colors, sizes, and shapes, into the semantic
unit stool.If
to a stool we addabac
k, however, it suddenly becomes the semantic unit chair. If
we widen it so that two or more
people can sit on it, it is a bench.If
to a chair we add upholstery,
ii is still a chair.But
if to a bench we add upholstery!it suddenly becomes a sofa.
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