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Re: Theory about the evolution of languages

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 18, 2004, 14:16
J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:18:35 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote: > > > >>Quoting "J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...>: >> >> >> >>>A clitic of what word? >>> >>> >>? I do not understand this question. >> >> > >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. > >
I don't think so. I think it's a suffix that is attached to a phrase rather than a word. Which ''s' is.

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