Re: THEORY: Number and animacy
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 20:22 |
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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.
Paul
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