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Re: bless (adj)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 24, 2004, 19:18
John Leland wrote:

>In a message dated 8/24/04 9:38:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >ababcock@PANIX.COM writes: > ><< My perception is that AAVE has been moving toward a system in which > the bare verb, used adjectivally, *is* the passive participle. I think > this is a generalization from the consonant-cluster simplification > thing. >> >I see this all the time in my students' writing-- "old-fashion"for >"old-fashioned" etc. >John Leland > > > >
That could just be assimilation, though. ie. /nd/>/nn/.

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