[B-Greek] Genitive vs Adjective

James Tauber jtauber at jtauber.com
Sat May 28 00:47:53 EDT 2005


On 27/05/2005, at 11:30 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>
> There is a very prominent school of thought in America where  
> everything is
> syntax and syntax is everything. I have forgotten the name of it :-)))

Well, as a realizational morphologist, I hardly subscribe to that  
view. But I am puzzled by  what you would consider syntax to be if  
changing word order isn't syntax.

> Perhaps Ivar can field your question. He sounds like he knows what  
> he is
> talking about.

But I want to understand what *you* mean by "syntax" if it doesn't  
include ordering of words and phrases.

I'm not trying to challenge anyone - I just genuinely want to  
understand the different meanings people ascribe to the word "syntax".

James Tauber



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