Natlang redundancies WASRe: A question and introduction
| From: | Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 17:13 |
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Siyo!
This is a contemporary phenomenon, too. "ATM machine"
means "automated teller machine machine" and "PIN
number" means "personal identification number number".
Clint
> BTW, the phenomenon you describe is common in the
> world's languages:
> In "Missisippi River", the Fox morphemes are "big
> river", and in
> "Gobi Desert" it's "great desert".
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