Re: confession: roots
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 5, 2001, 0:32 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> I always labor under the assumption that at one time, such "roots" were
> actually words to themselves, perhaps in an isolating language, and that over
> time they merged with words around them.
Roots can be that or they can be independent words, like "establishment"
has the root "establish" which is also a free word.
Of course, in the Semitic languages, roots are generally
unpronounceable.
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