Archive for February, 2018
Detail #373: The Copula vs. Habitually Becoming
Monday, February 26th, 2018Detail #373: The Copula vs. Habitually Becoming
Monday, February 26th, 2018Detail #372: Limited Tripartite Marking for Participles
Friday, February 23rd, 2018- intransitive subject
- transitive subject
- object
- intransitive → intransitive participle
- transitive, active → active participle
- transitive, passive → passive participle
- running: actually running, physically
- runninging: being in charge
- run: being controlled by
Detail #372: Limited Tripartite Marking for Participles
Friday, February 23rd, 2018- intransitive subject
- transitive subject
- object
- intransitive → intransitive participle
- transitive, active → active participle
- transitive, passive → passive participle
- running: actually running, physically
- runninging: being in charge
- run: being controlled by
Detail #371: Quirky Coordination
Sunday, February 18th, 2018Quirky Coordination
I and brother met.sg = I met my brother
I and brother met.pl = I and my brother met (each other)
I met.sg brother = I met the brother (of someone else that is salient)
I met.pl brother = I and (someone else's) brother met
I and my brother told.sg a story = I told my brother a story
sister met me = my sister met me
sister and I met.sg = my sister met me
I and sister met.sg = I met my sister
I told the police about (my) brother
the PR office favoured my sister over me
the PR office favoured sister and not me
the PR office favoured me and not sister
vs.
the PR office favoured the computer scientist over the amateur
ALSO, yay, just passed 3/4 of the way to a thousand posts! (And still leading over badconlangingideas in total post count, despite getting comparably few contributions from elsewhere! Is the race to a thousand posts on?)
Detail #371: Quirky Coordination
Sunday, February 18th, 2018Quirky Coordination
I and brother met.sg = I met my brother
I and brother met.pl = I and my brother met (each other)
I met.sg brother = I met the brother (of someone else that is salient)
I met.pl brother = I and (someone else's) brother met
I and my brother told.sg a story = I told my brother a story
sister met me = my sister met me
sister and I met.sg = my sister met me
I and sister met.sg = I met my sister
I told the police about (my) brother
the PR office favoured my sister over me
the PR office favoured sister and not me
the PR office favoured me and not sister
vs.
the PR office favoured the computer scientist over the amateur
ALSO, yay, just passed 3/4 of the way to a thousand posts! (And still leading over badconlangingideas in total post count, despite getting comparably few contributions from elsewhere! Is the race to a thousand posts on?)
#516
Sunday, February 18th, 2018Let’s say you have a language, let’s call it , Tajnəsor, with single-morpheme polypersonal agreement
For example:
rÉ”-mi
love-2s>1s
“You love meâ€
rÉ”-rÂ
love-1s>2s
“I love youâ€
rÉ”-Å‹
love-3sf >3smÂ
“She loves himâ€
rɔ-kəs
love-3pl>3sm
“They love himâ€
However, to make it easier for Anglophones, give it a very English based orthography. In it, <rawr> means “I love you†in <Dinosaur>.
#516
Sunday, February 18th, 2018Let’s say you have a language, let’s call it , Tajnəsor, with single-morpheme polypersonal agreement
For example:
rÉ”-mi
love-2s>1s
“You love meâ€
rÉ”-rÂ
love-1s>2s
“I love youâ€
rÉ”-Å‹
love-3sf >3smÂ
“She loves himâ€
rɔ-kəs
love-3pl>3sm
“They love himâ€
However, to make it easier for Anglophones, give it a very English based orthography. In it, <rawr> means “I love you†in <Dinosaur>.
Detail #370: Defective Pronouns and Ways of Dealing with them
Saturday, February 17th, 20181) Voices
2) Permit case / role marking on some different entity.
I you see particle.me : you see me
I see bear > I see the bear
I see bear self.acc > the bear sees me
I see you self.acc > I see you? you see me?
I and self.nom give you and self.acc he and self.dat for a slave.
3) Have Differential Case Marking on Other NPs