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Re: THEORY: Number and animacy

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 20:49
Hi!

Paul Bennett writes:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...> > > > Does anyone know of a natlang which distinguishes > > number for animate, but not for inanimate nouns? > > *If* I recall correctly (and that is not a guarantee), Elamite does > exactly that thing, > as well as some other quite interesting things (partly caused by > dividing the main "act/ > thing" parts of speech into nominals and verbs instead of nouns and > verbs). > > If there's any interest, I'll dig up my notes when I get home.
Please dig! :-) **Henrik

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