Re: Questions and Impressions of Basque
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 30, 2004, 17:20 |
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Quoting "J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...>:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:26:16 +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> >Pretty conclusive evidence that we're talking an affix rather than a
> >clitic is offered by the fact that it goes between the noun and any
> >following modifiers; _toppen av berget_ "the peak of the mountain",
> >lit "peak-DEF of mountain-DEF.
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> For sure, it's the same in English or German: "DEF-peak of DEF-mountain",
> that is: "the peak of the mountain". Therefore, I'm wrong and the article
> isn't a clitic, right?
Please!
In English and German, the article is _outside_ the modified NP "peak of the
mountain", and could therefore plausibly be considered a clitic. In Swedish,
it's _inside_ the NP "topp-... av berget". Since it modifies the meaning of the
entire NP, if it where an enclitic, it would have to go after the _entire_ NP.
Andreas