Re: polysynthetic languages

Chris Bates writes:
> Eddy Ohlms wrote:
> >Because they are verb inflections. You wouldn't say "I am smart er
> than you" or "It
> >explode ed."
> But what I am saying is, if their form is always the same, why is it
> any
> more correct to analyse them as verb inflections than as separate
> words?
I agree with Chris.  I don't see a dime's worth of difference between
"I am smart er than you" and "I am more smart than you,"
or between "It explode ed" and It did explode."

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