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Re: THEORY: Adpositional Heads

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 19:01
Rob Haden wrote:
> Good point. However, I wonder if one could re-interpret adpositional > phrases as noun phrases?
I suppose so, but that's rather overlooking the importance of adpositions, and the fact that adpositions tend to pattern with other heads, i.e., if a language is OV, adjectives before nouns, etc., than adpositions will most likely be postpositions, whereas if a language is VO, adjectives after nouns, etc., then adpositions will most likely be prepositions. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42