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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Françoise,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>examples of adposition/subordination morphs are
easy to be found in many languages:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cp. a) <EM>Giovanni ha comprato un libro
<STRONG>per </STRONG>Maria, Jean a acheté un livre <STRONG>pour</STRONG>
Marie</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> b) Giovanni
ha studiato molto <STRONG>per</STRONG> passare l'esame, Jean a étudié beaucoup
<STRONG>pour</STRONG> passer son examen</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In b) <STRONG><EM>per/pour</EM></STRONG> introduces
a non finite subordinate clause. (Your question 3)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><EM>Per/pour</EM></STRONG> from the
Latin adposition <EM><STRONG>per,</STRONG></EM> which had many meanings replaces
the desappeared <STRONG><EM>ut</EM></STRONG> (and the
negative <STRONG><EM>ne </EM>: <EM>per non/pour ne pas</EM></STRONG>) (Your
question 5). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for the semantic development of
<STRONG><EM>per</EM></STRONG> toward subordination(your question 4), one
should look at the corpora of Classical and Late Latin.
<STRONG><EM>Per</EM></STRONG>haps the evolution started from instrumental
values, e.g. <EM>statuerunt iniurias <STRONG>per</STRONG> uos
ulcisci</EM> <EM> (Cic.) "</EM>they decided to avenge the offenses via
you/with your help"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=rose@VJF.CNRS.FR href="mailto:rose@VJF.CNRS.FR">Francoise Rose</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
href="mailto:LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG">LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cases of homonymy between
adpositions and subordinators</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear
Typologists,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In many languages, the same
form may fulfil the functions of adposition (preposition or postposition) and
subordinator. My main interest lays in the cases where the adposition was
reanalyzed as a subordinator. Nevertheless, I am still interested in the cases
where the subordinator would be at the source of an adposition, as well as
cases where both functions derive from another
source.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In the attached file in PDF
Format, I give examples of such homonymies, as well as a series of questions.
I would be very happy and thankful if you could answer them in case you know
such homonymies in your favourite languages of the wide world.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thank
you!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I wish you all a Happy New
Year!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Françoise ROSE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">CELIA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">CNRS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BP8<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">94 801 Villejuif
Cedex<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FRANCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">rose@vjf.cnrs.fr</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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