Re: Possessive Suffixes
| From: | Rob Haden <magwich78@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 2:28 |
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On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:43:37 EDT, Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> wrote:
>In a message dated 5/16/2005 5:13:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>magwich78@YAHOO.COM writes:
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>>Does anyone know the mechanism(s) by which possessive suffixes develop in
>>languages? Thanks in advance.
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>Are we talking about suffixes that go on the possessor, or suffixes that go
>on the possessed noun, or both?
Woops, I should've specified. I'm talking about suffixes that go on the
possessed noun to indicate the possessor.
- Rob
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