Re: Clitics
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 29, 1999, 23:57 |
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Matt Pearson wrote:
> The English article "the" appears to fit definition (1), but not the
> others.
I disagree. Two and three fit "the" as well. It forms a tight
morphological bond with the following word. It's attached to the
beginning of noun phrase.
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