Re: polysynthetic languages
| From: | Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 21, 2003, 23:06 |
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--- vaksje wrote:
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> As you can see, noun incorporation is the default.
> I'm not even sure if roots with a nominal function can stand alone,
> other than in responses.
What do you do with subjects? Are you planning to do something radical
to keep them from having lone-standing nominal roots? In Natlangs,
subjects are never/very rarely incorporated; mostly just objects are, I
believe.
Estel
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