Re: Probability of Article Replacement?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 19:35 |
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Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> How probable is it for a language that has a definite article to replace it
> with a form derived from a demonstrative? Are any such examples known from
> real-world languages?
What little I know of the subject says that languages sometimes acquire
definite articles, but don't discard or replace them.
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