Re: Zero-ness

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, nicole perrin wrote:

>Patrick Dunn wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:
>>
>> > In a message dated 2000/08/09 01:43:02 AM, hsteoh@QUICKFUR.YI.ORG wrote:
>> >
>> > >"Plural nouns" and "singular nouns" are easily understood, but "zero
>> > >nouns" may be misread to mean no nouns, instead of a noun in its zero
>> > >number... so I need a better term! Suggestions will be appreciated!
>>
>> I seem to recall in the FAQ something about a case indicating lack.
>> Partative?  Hmm.
>
>Partitive is usually used to mean some of something.  You may be
>thinking of abessive.  One of my langs uses this to mean "without" or
>"lacking."
Perhaps the lackadasical case? :)

Padraic.

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>Nicole
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