Re: Greenlandic: 4th Person?
| From: | Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 7, 2008, 21:42 |
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:13:36 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
>Eldin Raigmore writes:
>> Hmm.
>> So the clitic "-lu" is more of a subordinating conjunction than a
>> co-ordinating one.
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>No, -lu is coordinating. How did I imply it was subordinating?
>**Henrik
Well, the Long-Distance-Reflexive, I thought, was to co-index something in a
subordinate clause with the subject of one of its containing clauses; its
matrix, or the main clause, for instance.
The second clause -- the one the "4th person" occurs in -- is certainly not
embedded in the first clause.
Is it dependent on it?
(A "subordinate clause" is one which is both embedded in and dependent on
another clause.)
What's the explanation for calling it a LDR if it refers to the subject of a co-
ordinately conjoined clause?
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