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Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Friday, May 21, 2004, 16:31
Tamas Racsko wrote:

> On 20 May 2004 John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote: >
>>COntent *is* form, especially on this mailing list.
> > > I don't understand quite correctly what you mean under "COntent > *is* form". However, there's a clear distinction for me between the > topic (=content) of the posting and the language (=form) in which > we express ourself. These two are separate things, and I'm always > surprised when the reflexions are about my language. (The language > that is, in this terms, just an auxlang for me.)
I believe what he means is that when you're disussing grammar, the form of your examples is the important part.

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>