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<font face="Courier New,Courier">Stefan,</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Nothing against an ad hoc solution
in the absence of a</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">more principled acount. However, why
do you call your</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">feature +/-INFLECTED.</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">You could not say:</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">*der Geruch Holzes</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"> the smell wood</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">
[CASE gen]</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">"the smell of wood"</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">as opposed to</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"> der Geruch frischen
Holzes</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"> the smell
fresh wood</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">
[CASE gen][CASE gen]</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">"the smell of fresh wood"</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">The form "Holzes" is inflected and</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">unambiguously exhibits genitive case.</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">So what's really going on?</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font> <font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Best,</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Hans</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font> <font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Stefan Mueller wrote:</font>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Courier New,Courier">Hi,</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">You have a similar situation with the
genitive in German:</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">die Berater der
Praesidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">the advisors of.the presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">die Berater kluger
Praesidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">the advisors of.smart presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">* die Berater Praesidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"> the advisors presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">The inflection can be marked by the
determiner or adjective, but without</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">anything the sentence is not processable.</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">der Berater zweier Pr"asidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">the advisor two
presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">der Berater der zwei Praesidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">the advisor the two presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">* der Berater zwei Pr"asidenten</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"> the advisor two presidents</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">If you come up with a solution to such
problems that is less ad hoc than</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">a +/-INFLECTED feature, please let
me know.</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Greetings</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier">
Stefan</font></blockquote>
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