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Re: What're "agglutinating" and "isolating"? (was Re: Speedtalk attempts)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 7, 1998, 3:32
Sam Bryant wrote:
> Isn't vowel length a supersegmental too? Latin at least makes this change: > /agricola/ farmer, nom > /agricola:/ farmer, ablative.
But in Latin, the -a and -a: were seperate endings, so length wasn't "added" to anything. At least synchronically. Historically, I think, the -a was part of the stem. -- "A silent mouth is sweet to hear" - Irish proverb ICQ: 18656696 AOL: NikTailor http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/