Re: What're "agglutinating" and "isolating"? (was Re: Speedtalk attempts)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 7, 1998, 4:48 |
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Herman Miller wrote:
> I'm thinking that there are some noun cases in Serbo-Croatian that differ
> only in the tone, but I don't remember the details.
Genetive singular and genetive plural, IIRC, are differentiated solely
by tone for some nouns. In Spanish, stress can distinguish the first
person singular present indicative from the third person singular
preterite in -ar verbs, e.g., _hablo_ = I speak; _hablo'_ = (s)he/it/you
(formal) spoke.
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