Hi Rett,
Thank you. But I find the subject so difficult when we do not have Pali
examples. The English examples do not clarify enough for me.
Nina.
op 15-09-2005 09:59 schreef rett op rett@...:
'Cold' is

> qualified as being not just any old cold, but cold as ice. I haven't searched
> exhaustively though, and I'd be very interested in any references to where the
> topic is discussed. Even if the subst+adj isn't mentioned anywhere, I still
> think it's a genuine feature of Pali compounds. There are a number of
> important features of Pali grammar that the medieval grammarians missed, and
> it can be worth describing them as well even if that means we diverge from
> their terminology.