Re: Conlang Typology Survey [was Word-Order Types]
| From: | Josh Roth <fuscian@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Friday, November 12, 1999, 7:57 |
|---|
In a message dated 11/12/1999 1:57:00 AM, Jeffrey@HENNING.COM writes:
>Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> comunu:
>
>> NG - head noun before a genitive modifier
>> GN - genitive modifier before a head noun
>
>While I know what a noun and a genitive is, I don't know what a genitive
>modifier is. Can someone give me a definition and a couple examples?
Well I think it just means the genitive noun itself, so NG would be like "the
brother of James," and GN would be "James' brother." English uses both, but
the second is much more common. Hebrew would be an example of the first, and
Japanese I think is another example of the second.
Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian