On 08/20/2002 08:32:53 PM "John D. Burger" wrote: >Thus, I would have an issue >with the argument that the apostrophe is merely part of the spelling of >the word "hill's". There is no such word.
There certainly is such a wordform; you have used it in your illustrative sentence. It is a phonological word, but not a morphological word, which is the point of your illustration. >Zwicky, Arnold M., & Geoffrey K. Pullum, 1983. That article is a good example of careful analysis. I recall reading another by them on a similar topic that also impressed me. - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
