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Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Sunday, September 8, 2002, 14:36
Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> > > Right, I agree more or less with that statement. But even > > if Scots were a dialect, there would be other dialects > > that have just three. A number of American dialects still > > use _yonder_. > > As an adjective usually, isn't it? 'Yonder castle' is not usual, > you'd use 'that castle yonder'
Yes, that's possible. I don't speak one of these dialects and haven't read much on it, so I can't really say much about frequency. ========================================================================= Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. Chicago, IL 60637

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