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Catttt Posted 6 years ago
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The mourning of the maternal object
Does "the mourning of the maternal object" in the following text mean "the maternal object is mourning" or "mourning for the maternal object"?
(text source: Writing Size Zero: Figuring Anorexia in Contemporary World Literatures By Isabelle Meuret)
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catttt "mourning for the maternal object This one. That's how "mourn" is used transitively. When someone dies, we mourn them.
- catttt "mourning for the maternal object This one.
- That's how "mourn" is used transitively.
- When someone dies, we mourn them.
- Our mourning of them is proper.
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catttt"mourning for the maternal object
This one. That's how "mourn" is used transitively. When someone dies, we mourn them. Our mourning of them is proper.
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