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Re: THEORY: NATLANGS: Pro-Forms

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, May 27, 2006, 12:53
Carsten Becker skrev:
> From: "Kit La Touche" <kit@...> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:01 PM > >> (now i am wondering how to analyze "such" — normally >> quantifiers go in spec-NP, but that's already filled by >> the indefinite article. interesting.) > > > I'd say it's some kind of a demonstrative pronoun, except > that it replaces an adjective ...
Aren't forms like _such_ called "determiners" nowadays? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner> <http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsADeterminer.htm> OTOH _such_ is not in the list of determiners on Wikipedia. -- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se "Maybe" is a strange word. When mum or dad says it it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it means "no"! (Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)