ELL: Re: 'Reburial of 500 Huron'...

[Matthew McDaniel]

we often hear "the Akha" as in "the Akha are dirty".  Is this a case of zero
plural and what gives it a particular need for replacement?

Or is it not the thinking that goes with it that needs replacement?

Matthew






Dan Everett wrote:

> The zero plural for American Indian names is something that Terry
> Kaufman has been complaining about for several years, if I remember
> correctly. In his publications he has eliminated it. And I have too,
> through his influence (although when I say in print "The Pirahas"
> instead of the "Piraha" some editors try to correct it.
>
> Since I am new to the list, was Kaufman's name brought up at all yet?
>
> Dan Everett
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