Re: THEORY: genitive vs. construct case/izafe
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 23, 2005, 16:58 |
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Gmail strikes again. Bah.
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From: "Paul Bennett" <paul-bennett@...>
To: "Julia "Schnecki" Simon" <helicula@...>
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Subject: Re: THEORY: genitive vs. construct case/izafe
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:18:41 -0400
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:07:27 -0400, Julia "Schnecki" Simon
<helicula@...> wrote:
> Should I write "izafe" or "idafe"/"idafa"?
Trask has |izafet| as the correct name for the phenomenon of marking
possessed nouns, apparently from Persian. I trust Trask more than I'd
trust any other source, personally.
Paul
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