Re: Theory about the evolution of languages
| From: | J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 18, 2004, 14:23 |
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:17:22 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>>Clitics are words that are phonetically melted with others, e.g. the
>>present third person singular of to be's often cliticized. The 'Saxon
>>genitive'-s is not a word phonetically melted with others; therefore, it's
>>not a clitic, but rather an ending.
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>I don't think so. I think it's a suffix that is attached to a phrase
>rather than a word. Which ''s' is.
I've never heard of a difference between suffixes and endings. Okay, ending
might a more general term that includes enclitics, too. However, the 'Saxon
genitive' (be it a genitive or not) isn't a clitic.
g_ry@_^s:
j. 'mach' wust