Probability of a definite article becoming a topicaliser?
| From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 3, 2003, 16:03 |
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Something John said in the article replacement thread put an odd thought
in my head. Here goes:
Say we have a language, and that language manages to (mostly) lose its
definite article. How probable is it that the remainents of the definite
article could become a topicaliser particle? Or more to the point, is
there any real language out there where this happened?
K.
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