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Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...>
Date:Saturday, September 7, 2002, 19:44
Do you recall where you saw the 8% figure?

Christopher Lyons, in _Definiteness_ says languages with articles are a
minority but "not a small minority."  I would have guessed more than 8%.

In a message dated 9/7/2002 3:10:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
danielandreasson@SWIPNET.SE writes:


> On a related note, only 8% of the languages of the world > have a definite article, IIRC. Something to keep in mind > when trying to come up with naturalistic conlangs perhaps. > > ||| daniel > > -- > "You can't post that on the Internet, you don't even know if > it's true!" - Lisa Simpson to Homer. >