Re: THEORY: Deriving adjectives from nouns

Joshua Shinavier wrote:

> > So I guess there would be 5 possible genitives in total.
>
> Aren't there more than that?  I once made a list of about thirty
> translations of English "of".  Although many "of"s may indicate
> indirect object rather than genetive.  If there are five genetives
> then that makes 50 interpretations of "pretty little girls' school"
> for the basic scheme I mentioned -- 10 different structures of
> the phrase, ignoring the type of links, including the various types
> of genetive.
That is from looking at the semantic meanings. I see genitives
as just two nouns juxtaposed, without any specified relation
between them. But one is considered peripheral, the other essential
to the rest of the clause/sentence. And one can be marked as
the object of the unstated relation. Or else not marked.
So that's, uh, 6 possible syntactic variations, with unlimited
vague (because unspecified) semantic possibilities, as I see it.
Doing a quick search, I find a term "plenary" for my "vague" type:
http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek/archives/96-12/0920.html