Wolfgang Jeltsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Is ___semi___ and adjective at all? In German, we say ___halb___ instead of > ___semi___ and the semi ring becomes a Halbring. > "Halbring" as in "halber Ring", isn't it? Synonymous with "partly a ring" (which uses an adverb)... In german, you can tack almost any word type using any case onto a noun, consider e.g. _Mit_fahrer, or Schifffahrt_s_gesellschaft.
The terminology that I learnt is quite clear: If it changes the meaning of a noun, it's an adjective, which isn't so much a word-class but a function defined by context: The same roots are used for adverbs, too. Horrible memories consisting of grammar tests start to creep up. I'd rather stop now, if you don't mind. -- (c) this sig last receiving data processing entity. Inspect headers for copyright history. All rights reserved. Copying, hiring, renting, performance and/or quoting of this signature prohibited. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
