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Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions: a long time
- From: MorphemeAddict@hidden.email
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:02:06 EDT
- Subject: Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions: a long time
- To: saweli@yahoogroups.com
In a message dated 4/9/2009 20:55:01 Eastern Daylight Time, veoler@hidden.email writes:
> (long) = vomek, vosak.
If "vosak" were part of the NSM, wouldn't then "a long time" be
reduced to long+time?
Not according to Wierzbicka (_Semantics: Primes and Universals_, pp. 97-99).
Same for "a short time".
stevo