Re: THEORY: Deriving adjectives from nouns

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Joshua Shinavier wrote:
> > I also assumed one specific role for the genetive of
> > "girls'" as well -- belonging to girls, for girls, run by girls, whatever;
> > you could think of any number of possible interpretations for this "of" link;
> > I've handled them all as one relation
>
> But those are very different meanings.  *Logically* they should be
> rendered differently.  After all, I don't own "my school", I merely
> attend it.
Right -- it's just a historical accident that those meanings have
gotten cramped up in one case ending.

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