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Re: THEORY: Question: Bound Morphemes

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Date:Saturday, July 3, 1999, 6:44
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 02/07/99 21:42:18  , Kristian a =E9crit :

> I have heard of languages, like the Polynesian languages, where=20 > authorities cannot agree what constitutes a word because boundaries=20 > tend to be fluid. I fear that this may be the case with Boreanesian.
in japanese or tahitian and maybe moreanesian (?) there are a lot of=20 "sentences" that are lexies, they are used where we other languages would us= e=20 a "word". for instance "to stick the hand in" may mean "to engage in the=20 activity of ". it's not an integrated lexia like "hand-stick" because even a= s=20 a subclause or subordinated compound that clause still keeps all features of=20 "independent" noun or verb such as "case" (hand-ACC stick) or voice (the han= d=20 is stuck in). ok, i know all languages have thousands of such lexia (to take=20 time, to run a business, etc. but most languages i know don't use these as=20 adjectives or compound and have another more integrated form (the project=20 takes time > long project). i think that most of the actors of such clauses=20 are absolute attributes (one's own...). so i wonder if an=20 equative-attributive ("trigger") language like boreanesian wouldn't feature=20 this too. mathias