gentile = ethnonymic

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/12/2008 03:20 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Apr 12, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>...
>for instance, what kind of proper noun is "Turkish" in "Turkish
>invasion" 'invasion by Turkey' -- and "Turkish" in "Turkish invasion"
>'invasion by Turks'?

Let alone "Turkey" in the headline
              Turkey army invades Balkans

Joel

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