Re: Question about anaphora
From: | Pavel Iosad <edricson@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 31, 2003, 13:05 |
Hello,
> (Den/det/de refers to subject,
> denna/detta/dessa refers
> back
> >to the last noun).
>
> Then did "de" come from a previous form "des"? Or was that
> "ss" inserted
> for clarity and to sound like the others?
Hm, just to clarify: _de_ is pronounced [dOm], at least in Sweden. I'll
let those with more grounding than me in _nordiska språkhistoria_
explain the discrepancy.
Pavel
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