Re: Evolution of Plural Markers
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 2, 2004, 12:09 |
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At 19:18 30.1.2004, Rob Haden wrote:
>What are the realistic ways by which plural markers develop?
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>- Rob
AFMOC Sohlob has developed its (optional) plural marker
from a clitic word meaning 'many'. It still has a tinge
of collective meaning, so that _heleng_ means 'a group
of cities', while 'cities in general' uses the "uninflected"
form _hel_. By contrast 'one/some/a certain city' would
be expressed by _hehleh_, where the clitic _-heh_ is
actually derived from the numeral 'one'.
/BP 8^)
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