Re: definite/indefinite articles
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 31, 2003, 5:18 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Klippenstein" <estel_telcontar@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: definite/indefinite articles
> --- Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
> > Michael David Martin wrote:
> (...)
> > > How about having the definite article but not the
> > >indefinite article?
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> > Many languages get by just fine without either; I'm
> > sure there's probably
> > those with one.
>
> I believe Old English had only a definite article, not
> an indefinite one.
>
Yes indeed. And it wasn't quite a definite article. It could be omitted.
It was like halfway between a demonstrative pronoun and a definite article.
Celtic also has only a definite article.
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