Re: Genitive Relationships again
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 15, 1999, 3:06 |
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Gary Shannon wrote:
> What if something as simple as a vowel somewhere within the word that takes
> on various values to denote who posses the object? Say, for example, that
> the word "dashni" means "generic widget", then "doshni" might me "my
> widget".
That's essentially an infix, then. Good idea, tho, but not what Sally
Caves was referring to.
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