Re: Werewolf (was: Weekly Vocab #1.1.1 (repost #1))
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 15, 2006, 17:02 |
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Hi!
R A Brown writes:
> Philip Newton wrote:
> > On 9/5/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Carsten Becker writes:
> >> > >> 2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
> >> >
> >> > ayvengaryo (lit. "wolf-man")
> >>
> >> Interesting. Did you have a particular reason to decide to reverse
> >> the typical order for compounding?
>
> Typical? Doesn't it rather depend upon whether a language forms
> head+attribute or attribute+head compounds?
>...
By writing 'man-wolf', I meant 'man' modifying 'wolf' in whatever
order the particular language implements this.
And welcome back, Ray! :-)
**Henrik
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