Re: verbs?
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 17, 2003, 1:15 |
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Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
> Georgian does this:
> _umaGlesi_, for example, can either mean "higher", as in _umaGlesi
> ganatleba_ "higher education", or just "the higher one/thing" if
> it does fall within a NP.
If it *doesn't* fall within an NP -- i.e., if it constitutes one
itself.
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