tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post112956519035336248..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: MpreLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1130993113705984682005-11-03T05:45:00.000+01:002005-11-03T05:45:00.000+01:00Salaams Lameen,Just wanted to check in & say Eid m...Salaams Lameen,<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to check in & say Eid mubarik!<BR/><BR/>Warmly,<BR/>BBarakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855916377892686734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1130440322934706452005-10-27T21:12:00.000+02:002005-10-27T21:12:00.000+02:00To John Cowan: true. In fact, it's not clear that...To John Cowan: true. In fact, it's not clear that there is any principled distinction between gender systems where gender is obligatorily marked by a determiner and noun class systems. However, comparison to surrounding languages makes me pretty sure these are noun class markers.<BR/><BR/>To AnthroGal: glad to have helped! I've been very busy with Darja this week, so I'll see if I can't scrape together a post on it. Among other things, I finally know the etymology of luggi...Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1130296004916249842005-10-26T05:06:00.000+02:002005-10-26T05:06:00.000+02:00This has nothing to do with this post, but the gue...This has nothing to do with this post, but the guestbook on your website is full and I just wanted to say...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for having the website on Algerian darja. It was extremely interesting, and helpful for a project I might do in class. It also gave my husband hours of upcoming entertainment (i gave him fuel by butchering his Algiers dialect beyond recognition.)<BR/><BR/>SaHa.anthrogalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254465724240355192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1130282326451773692005-10-26T01:18:00.000+02:002005-10-26T01:18:00.000+02:00Another possibility is that these apparent noun pr...Another possibility is that these apparent noun prefixes are unrecognized or no longer functional determiners of some sort. To a first approximation, all count nouns in the various French creoles begin with "l" (< "le", "la") and all mass nouns begin with "d" (< "de", "du"), reflecting the loss of determiners during creole formation.<BR/><BR/>One might also compare the early English spellings Owhyhee, Otaheite for Hawaii, Tahiti, reflecting the Polynesian existential "'o" ("What is this country?" "<I>'O Tahiti</I> 'This is Tahiti'.") English still has the lexical items <I>Otaheite apple</I> and <I>Otaheite gooseberry</I> among others.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com