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Re: question about classifiers

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, December 5, 1999, 20:37
Patrick Dunn wrote:
> I was waiting for that. :) Yes, I suppose they're not *technically* > pronouns -- just very, very, very general nouns.
I don't know about that, I'd think of them as maybe pronouns with a very complex gender system. -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor