Re: No plural morpheme
| From: | Douglas Koller <laokou@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 25, 2007, 1:23 |
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From: Michael Poxon <mike@...>
> My lang does this; it has no nominal plural markers at all. Plurality is
> shown in the auxiliary, for instance:
> Bere engu ineda "I saw the horse" (lit: I saw it, horse)
> Bere engu inera "I saw the horses" (lit: I saw them, horse)
I like the look of this, but what weight does the auxiliary bear? Is it
"horse.see.I-it-past?"; "Saw.horse.I-it?" Usw. Is the "r" of "inera" a tap,
trill; can we easily distinguish it from the "d" of "ineda"? Details, man,
details! :)
Kou
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