Re: Language Change
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 13, 1999, 23:19 |
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Joe Mondello wrote:
> how would this happen? what sort of situation would occur in th e interim?
With adjectives, you may have a period of both occurring, that is, you'd
sometimes have "white house", and sometimes "house white". With
postpositions becoming prepositions, you might have a time of some
postpositions and some prepositions. Sometimes postpositions can become
verbal prefixes, for instance, "John Bill with spoke" could become "John
with-spoke Bill".
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