Re: Circumfixes?
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 7, 2001, 23:41 |
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:29:05 +0000 Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
writes:
> I've never liked "preposition + nom.". Does _any_ natlang with a
> case
> system actually use pre/postpositions with the nom.?
> Ray.
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Well, in Hebrew's construct/non-construct system counts as a case system,
prepositions are used with whichever one is there:
le-vayit = to a house (non-construct)
le-veit hamidrash = to the house of study (construct)
-Stephen (Steg)
"Word making is world making."
~ _The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis_
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