Re: natlang stuff: vowelless words
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 20, 1999, 17:14 |
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Danny Wier wrote:
> Any other natlang examples of this, and also conlangs?
French le/l' rings a bell. L' is a single consonant, and acts somewhat
like a prefix (clitic is more accurate). English -'s (as in *is* or
*has*), -'d, -'ll, -'ve and so on are a similar phenomenon.
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