Re: Too long words
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 19, 2004, 13:44 |
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Hallo!
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:24:28 EST,
David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@...> wrote:
> Carsten wrote:
>
> <<Ayeri
> is agglutinating, perhaps even fusional and somewhat isolating.>>
>
> This is kind of like saying, "My friend is a man, perhaps even a baby boy,
> and somewhat female."
Nope. "Agglutinating", "fusional" and "isolating" aren't really
that kind of mutually exclusive. There are no clearly drawn lines
between these types, and there are intermediates between all three
(in fact, most languages combine agglutinating, fusional and
isolating traits).
Greetings,
Jörg.
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