Re: Lisanek

En réponse à Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:

> >
> > "Adposition".
>
> I really think it is `apposition' in the same way as it is `allative'
> case and not `adlative' case.  And like `appropriate', `annotation',
> `affix'.
>
But "apposition" already has a meaning, it's the construction which consists in
putting a noun next to another (usually separated by a comma) to describe it
more precisely (like "my uncle, the lawyer"). Since we cannot use the same word
to describe two different things, and that "apposition" got this meaning
already a long time ago and it would be a little futile to try and change the
habits of everyone, we have to coin another word, and thus the assimilation
doesn't need to take place since we're making a new word. Thus it
is "adposition" and not "apposition". And I've seen "adlative" instead
of "allative" quite often. I even wonder if they don't refer to different
things...

Christophe.

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