Re: Evolution of Plural Markers

From:    Rob Haden <magwich78@...>
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:16:57 -0800, Steve Cooney <stevencooney@...>
wrote:

> >I take it from your question that you think plural
> >marker(s) are a good thing, and that not having them
> >means a limitation of some kind. ?
>
> No.  I just think that plural markers necessarily arise from former stand-
> alone words in languages that do not have such markers.
Except that this is falsified by the countless languages that use
reduplication for pluralization.

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