Re: Probability of Article Replacement?
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 20:04 |
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On Tuesday 25 February 2003 7:35 pm, John Cowan wrote:
> 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?
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> What little I know of the subject says that languages sometimes acquire
> definite articles, but don't discard or replace them.
I think one may be discarded by a process of elision. 'the' is doing this in
some english dialects, especially after a glottal stop. It usually still is
there, as a very weak [@]. ie. 'at the pool' [&?@ puM/].
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