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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>Romance languages have
various 'light' nouns (possibly taken from French) like French <EM>coup</EM> and
<EM>prise </EM>in (for instance)
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color=#000000><SPAN lang=FR style="mso-ansi-language: FR"><FONT size=3>on a
donné un <U>coup</U> d’œil alentour </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<U>prise</U> de sang</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>They seem to introduce an
aspectual element into the NP and to do semantically what in other languages is
done by dedicated affixes (Spanish <EM>-azo</EM>, Ital. <EM>-ata, </EM>Early
French -<EM>ade</EM>)<EM>.</EM> Modern Persian may have something similar.
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>Does anyone know about
other languages provided with such a subclass of Nouns? </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>Does anyone know of studies on such
a topic?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>Thanks and
best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>Raffaele
Simone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=5>University Roma Tre,
Rome</FONT></DIV>
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