Re: Corpora: Query/Discussion: Prep+relative who
James L. Fidelholtz (jfidel@siu.buap.mx)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:18:34 -0500 (CDT)
Steve Finch thinks that stress is involved in the choice of who/whom,
and he may well be right, but his intuitions do not consistently jibe
with mine. I doubt anyone pronounces Hemingway's novel _For whom the
bell tolls_ WITHOUT stress on 'whom', if for no other reason than for
metrical ones. By the way, if Hemingway were alive to write the sequel,
it would surely be _Who the bell tolls for_ (but whom are I to tell H.
how to write?)
Jim
James L. Fidelholtz e-mail: jfidel@siu.buap.mx
Maestría en Ciencias del Lenguaje
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, MÉXICO