ABSTRACT
As we shall see, commentaries-and extensive commentaries at that-are necessary. But it is easy to become redundant in commentaries and by no means obvious where to draw the line between going too much into detail on the one hand and giving an insufficient and altogether too dry indication to the reader. It will be necessary, therefore, to enter more fully into the details of the task which faces us : how to achieve a full portraiture of a native language.
