Re: Noun tense was Re: bac . . . some info

Ray Brown nevesht:
>
>On Friday, July 19, 2002, at 07:43 , Peter Clark wrote:
>
>>On Thursday 18 July 2002 19:32, Tim May wrote:
>>>Peter Clark writes:
>>>>         As others have said, good job. I see that another person has
>>>>discovered the joys of noun tense! Enamyn does this too, as well as
>>>>using mutations
>>>
>>>I'm sure there is a natlang with noun tense in Campbell, but I can't
>>>find it, and I'm beginning to suspect that I dreamt it.  Does anyone
>>>know any examples of natlangs that mark tense on a noun?
>
>I'm fairly sure they do exist, but I haven't been able to track one down
>yet.
>At the back of my mind is some idea that Innuit does this.  Can anyone
>either
>confirm this or tell me that my mind is playing tricks?
>
I don't know about Inuktituk, but it does occur in Cree.


-Wayne Chevrier


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