Re: English allative (was:Re: -s adverbs, bodoer Homo Sapiens (was: watered down fiery spirits)
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 24, 2003, 19:33 |
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--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> The below post made me think of an ancient
> thread (which I'm to lazy to dig up
> in the archives) about whether _-ward(s)_ could
> be seen as an allative ending.
> The consensus was, IIRC, that it wasn't,
> because the suffix is restricted to a
> few lexemes.
For me, any -ward adverb has the ability to
further add -s. As far as I can tell.
Do you recall what was meant by "restrictive"? I
can accept it stuck on any noun; though
admittedly would probably not use it to that
excess.
Padraic.
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