tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 13 06:34:37 2006
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Re: mangpu' or negh?
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: mangpu' or negh?
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:34:10 EDT
In a message dated 4/13/2006 8:27:42 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> >it's safe to say that if it wasn't for how we write/type
> >the words suffixes might be considered as separate words,
>
> No. In all languages, words behave in certain key ways that make them
> distinct from affixes. The past tense morpheme "-ed" in English, for
> instance, can never appear on its own in a sentence. Therefore, it's not a
> word. It can be part of a word, but never a whole, separate one.
>
> QeS 'utlh
>
It could still be written as a separate word. Writing often has little
connection with the underlying morphemes.
lay'tel SIvten
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