Re: Language Change
| From: | Ed Heil <edheil@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 7, 2000, 2:10 |
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>
> Is it probable that adjective case agreement would appear at the same time,
> or does that come afterwards?
>
> I know that (some of) the baltic sea Finno-Ugric languages (Finnish, for
> instance) do have agreement, though those in Siberia generally don't. I'm
> not sure though if this actually is proof for such a statement.
>
> -- M i e k k o
That I don't know. In fact, I don't even know how widespread
adjective agreement is in PIE. Did it show up in all of the branches
or only some? Does anyone know?
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