Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 5, 2002, 18:03 |
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Herman Miller wrote:
>Names of countries [in Tirehlat] often end in -vor, and
>the corresponding languages in -lhat: ingglavor "England", ingglalhat
>"English language"; frangsevor "France", frangselhat "French language";
>svenskavor "Sweden", svenskalhat "Swedish language".
Any specific reason that _svenskavor_ is based on the ethnonyme/language
name rather than on the country name?
Andreas
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