Re: a new project of conlang

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


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