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Re: THEORY: Deriving adjectives from nouns

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 8, 1999, 23:50
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. -- Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting -- Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor