Re: Adjectives, Particles, and This ( etc ), and Conjunctions...
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 18, 2001, 1:09 |
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En réponse à "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:
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> It seems that most languages have only two distictions. Three-way
> distinctions such as in Greek seem to be more rare. Are there any
> natlangs
> with only one demonstrative? Just curious :-)
>
French! :) Essentially French has only one demonstrative (ce(t), cette, ces)
whose meaning can be refined by adding adverbs (ci: here, là: there, là-bas:
yonder).
Christophe.