Re: Set of basic adpositions
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 9, 2008, 17:41 |
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Tok Pisin has two: bilong (genitive), and long (all else).��Even languages
like French and Spanish, though, started out�with just the three (a, de, and
en), adding others as the language�was fleshed out (often in combination with
the original
three).��-David�*******************************************************************�"sunly
eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze."�"No eternal reward will forgive
us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On Nov 9, 2008, at 7∞58 AM, R A
Brown wrote:��> Hi all!�>�> On page 87 of "Describing Morphosyntax",
Thomas Payne wrote: "The�> set of basic adpositions in most languages is
rather small,�> consisting of perhaps five or six forms."�>�> But he gave
no examples or any indication what such a small set�> might consist of.
Instead he goes onto examine English which "is�> unusually rich in basic
prepositions."�>�> I've tried Googling to see if any body does give
anything like sets�> of basic adpositions commonly found in languages. But my
searches�> have not come up with anything yet. Does any one know of any
such�> list(s)?�>�> --�> Ray�> ==================================�>
http://www.carolandray.plus.com�> ==================================�>
Frustra fit per plura quod potest�> fieri per pauciora.�> [William of
Ockham]�
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