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Re: a new project of conlang

From:Mathias M. Lassailly <lassailly@...>
Date:Sunday, November 15, 1998, 20:55
Charles wrote :

> I am currently trying to disentangle adjectives from stative verbs, > without much success.
I think in term of integration. You generally go : verb --> subclause --> participial ---> adjective ---> agent (derived) noun. Like for : to sit ---> (that someone) sits ---> sitting x 3 ---> *sitter It's just how deep you want the action/state to be engraved into time from instant to u-chronia. The more you go towards intemporality, the lesser aspect is available of course. As for genitives, I just run them together
> as normal nouns "John horse shoe nail" like a Germanic compound > but with spaces to breate.
I differentiate 'inalienable' attributes from 'disposable' attributes, with a hazy bordering fringe depending on specialization of the items : 'home' and 'clothes' are inalienable while 'tool' is alienable. Mathias ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/conlang/?start=18414