Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 9, 2002, 8:00 |
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At 17:10 2002-09-07 +0100, Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
>However, I could imagine a conlang (or natlang, why not?) where the indefinite
>article has its roots in a form like "some", "any", "of any kind". In such
>case
>I don't see any reason for not having a plural form.
Medieval Latin sometimes used _quidam_ almost as an indefinite article.
/BP 8^)>
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