Talk:Augment (linguistics)
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I added CSBArticles, since the scope of this article is presently limited to Indo-European perspective; augment is a much broader term. I hope to find time to expand the article soon; but don't wait for me! Mark Dingemanse (talk) 10:49, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- My understanding is that the "augment" per se is a technical term in Indo-European linguistics. The article probably could be expanded with a discussion of the difference between augment and reduplication, but I was wondering what other languages you thought shared the feature? I see that someone else has removed your project note; I had no hand in that. Smerdis of Tlön 17:18, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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- 'Augment' as a term is used in a much broader sense in syntax. Maybe the word really needs a disambig and the creation of an article Augment (syntax) or something like that, instead of expansion. That is the reason I don't care much about the removal of the project note. To tell you about the broader sense, I'd have to look up my sources (e.g. Givon 1984/1990), but it is too late for me now. I'll get back to this. Sorry for leaving in a hurry. Mark Dingemanse (talk) 22:43, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
In German, every past participle begins with ge, such as in gehen (to go) - ging (went) - gegangen (gone) or tuen (to do) - tat (did) - getan (done). Is the ge an augment? If so, German should be added to the "most notably"-list. --Neg 14:11, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- My understanding is that the German prefix is not cognate with the Indo-European augment. It appears on participles rather than preterites, and represents a root that originally formed part of a prepositional verb phrase. Is the German prefix called an augment in English? Smerdis of Tlön 16:14, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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- I don't know. That's why I'm asking. But if you say that it's not cognate with the Indo-European augment, and if that's the condition for being called augment (Is it? I don't know.), then German probably doesn't belong here. OK. --Neg 13:04, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Ancient vs modern Greek
I find the reference to ancient Greek out of place because it addresses readers with a special kind of education. Modern Greek is a living language that is spoken by 15 million people. Andreas 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
