Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 7, 2002, 19:44 |
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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.
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