7.1616, Qs: Copulas, Potters field, Dictionaries and anti-semitism

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1616. Sat Nov 16 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  103
 
Subject: 7.1616, Qs: Copulas, Potters field, Dictionaries and anti-semitism
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:14:03 +1100
From:  s_nickn at eduserv.its.unimelb.edu.au (Nick Nicholas)
Subject:  Q: Copulas from Pronouns
 
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Date:  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:13:06 EST
From:  ssammons at nunanet.com (susan sammons)
Subject:  potters field,	
 
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Date:  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:21:32 +0100
From:  joseph.reisdoerfer at iserp.lu (Joseph REISDOERFER)
Subject:  Dictionaries and Anti-semitism
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:14:03 +1100
From:  s_nickn at eduserv.its.unimelb.edu.au (Nick Nicholas)
Subject:  Q: Copulas from Pronouns
 
 
Is anyone aware of any cases in human languages where a copula has
grammaticalised/developed out of a pronoun, be it personal or
demonstrative? What I have in mind is a development where, in an
initially zero-copula language, the subject pronoun in predicative
statements starts picking up verb morphology, and ends up a copula (of
sorts, at least.)
 
My advance thanks for any responses; I will summarise for the list.
 
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Nick Nicholas  Linguistics, Uni. Melbourne  Dera me xhama t"e larm"e,
n.nicholas at linguistics.unimelb.edu.au       Dera mbas blerimit
http://daemon.apana.org.au/~opoudjis        Me xhama t"e larm"e!
 In case you're wondering:                  Lumtunia nuk ka ngjyra tjera.
 the poem is in Albanian.            (Martin Camaj, _Nj"e Shp'i e Vetme_)
 
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Date:  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:13:06 EST
From:  ssammons at nunanet.com (susan sammons)
Subject:  potters field,	
 
I am wondering if anyone could help me out with the origin of the term
potters field.I am aware of the Biblical reference,but I am curious as
to why it was called a potter's field.
 
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Date:  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:21:32 +0100
From:  joseph.reisdoerfer at iserp.lu (Joseph REISDOERFER)
Subject:  Dictionaries and Anti-semitism
 
 
* Not long ago a French editor withdrew a dictionary containing
antisemitic and racist definitions.
 
* As we have a similar case in Luxembourg, I am gathering informations
- precise date; names of the dictionary and of the editor, criticised
definitions - about the events in France.
 
JR
 
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