Re: terminology: prepositions, postpositions, and...
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 3, 2007, 0:55 |
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On 11/2/07, Rick Harrison <rick@...> wrote:
> So, whaddaya call an adposition that gets infixed into a word, as opposed to being placed
> before or after the word? Example:
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> xip = ship
> botel = bottle
> -ni- = inside of
> bonitel xip = ship in a bottle
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> Would you call that an "imposition"?
It has been called that on this list. I would call it an
"inposition", although when said aloud that no doubt sounds like
"imposition" due to labial assimilation.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>