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From: Ivan A Derzhanski
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 13:46
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 13:46
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In article <1992Nov20.125429.4163@memstvx1.memst.edu> connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes: >_Aplenty_ is not an adjective in any sense of the word: neither syntactically, >nor formally, not historically (it's an old PP). Neither, apparently, is >_galore_, though it's far from obvious what it would be. _Galore_ comes from the Irish _go leo'r_ `enough' (lit. `to abundance', `to sufficiency', `to saturation' -- well, you get the idea; cf. Japanese _kekko^ ni_), so etymologically it, too, is a PP. -- `Haud yer wheesht! Come oot o the man an gie him peace.' (The Glasgow Gospel) Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk; iad@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu) * Centre for Cognitive Science, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, UK * Cowan House, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh EH16 5BD, UK
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!edcogsci!iad From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: postpositive articles in English Message-ID: <11653@hogg.ed.ac.uk> Date: 22 Nov 92 13:46:28 GMT References: <1992Nov19.190026.937@almserv.uucp> <1992Nov19.215659.4152@memstvx1.memst.edu> <By0nyB.7nM@swi.psy.uva.nl> <1992Nov20.125429.4163@memstvx1.memst.edu> Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK Lines: 14