Re: Phaleran Update: Language game; Alienable and inalienable possession
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 19, 2002, 21:10 |
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It doesn't really matter how often one checks for mistakes, they
always show up!
Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
> Much like the English construction "X schX", this game
I do of course mean "X schmX".
> Alienable and Inalienable Possession
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> The distinction between alienable and inalienable possession
> is today only a partially productive morphological process.
> In principle, words which have to do with body-parts, kinship
> and social-caste relations are inalienably marked on the DP
> head _by a prefix_ which varies depending on person and number
by a SUFFIX, of course.
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