Re: USAGE: Circumfixes
| From: | Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 9, 2004, 3:10 |
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David P. wrote:
"How about English?
"long > elongate (no *elong or *longate)"
What about, e.g., 'embolden'? And 'exemplify', what would this form be
considered as? It is formed from the root 'example', modified by ablaut
_and_ the ending '-ify'.
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Scott wrote:
"Hi,
"I stumbled across this list while searching for some information on a Latin
verb, seemed interesting so I subscribed. So, hello, nice to meet you.
Hello! Welcome to Conlang! Hope you enjoy your stay here!
"I like the elongate example. How about in some English dialects that use
structures like: "I'm a-goin"? I believe in this case a- -ing is a
circumfix to mark present progressive.
I agree.
"Also, I believe German has circumfixes to mark the perfect tenses (and past
participle?). It's been a long time since I've taken German but I believe
as in "habe gesprochen" where the circumfix would be ge- -en (maybe the
strong verb isn't the best example, how about "geliebt" from lieben)."
I do remember reading somewhere that German uses circumfixes, I just didn't
know for what. Not speaking barely a word of German, I cannot confirm or
disprove your examples.
Trebor.
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