Re: Enclitic Articles
| From: | daniel prohaska <danielprohaska@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 11, 2007, 23:11 |
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Many languages develop their articles from older demonstratives. Take Latin
for example, with a relatively free syntax, allowed for a position before or
after the noun it describes, e.g.: <ille lupus> or <lupus ille>
This variation in syntax is reflected in the modern Romance languages, e.g.
Italian <il lupo> vs. Romanian <lupul>.
Dan
From: Adam F.
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:59 PM
Does anyone know why enclitic articles may develop in a language?
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