Re: THEORY: NATLANGS: Pro-Forms
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 19:13 |
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Eldin wrote (of conlangs):
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9c) Pro-adpositions?
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Esperanto does: je. I always figured it was because Zamenhoff
got lazy. It has a specific purpose (I believe to say at what o' clock
something is done), but then he said that it could be used for
*any* preposition, but that this shouldn't be overdone. In other
words, he came up with a quick fix for any problem that he hadn't
yet encountered. That's my theory. Anyone else know the actual
history?
-David
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