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Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, September 7, 2002, 15:53
Pablo Flores wrote:
>SYV doesn't have articles, but marks definiteness on nouns >and adjectives using suffixes. The noun goes first and then >all its adjectives or subordinate nouns (in compound noun >phrases), and only the last one gets marked. If certain >words (like "this" or "my" or "one") follow, there's also >no need to mark definiteness, since it's implied.
That sounds awfully like enclitic'd articles. Why not call 'em that? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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