Re: Proto-Semitic (was Re: markjjones@HOTMAIL.COM)
| From: | Rob Haden <magwich78@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 13, 2005, 0:03 |
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:44:15 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
>But then what if a new definite article develops, from a deictic or a
>pronoun or whatever? Then the old definite article might become
>understood as an indefinite article.
Is there any indication that the Semitic definite article *hal(-) is more
recent? From a syntactic point of view, it would seem to be *older*, since
it precedes nouns.
- Rob
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