Re: Zero-ness
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 9, 2000, 3:10 |
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Patrick Dunn wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:
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> > In a message dated 2000/08/09 01:43:02 AM, hsteoh@QUICKFUR.YI.ORG wrote:
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> > >"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.
No, that's 'abessive', as in Finnish 'rahta-tta' "moneyless". Partitive usually
denotes 'out of', or just 'of', and generally part of the whole.
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