> ---- PART II Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
> Name of the participating conlang:
Rinya.
> 2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
NG
> How is it shown?
With a suffix < -enya > on the G. Note that the dative
suffix is used both for dative, allative and genitive
constructions (i.e. "movement towards" in general).
Ex: _walth thelenya_
food dog:DAT
'the dog's food'
> 3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
> Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
No.
> If there is not a separate open adjective-class, what type of
> words do the work of adjectives, verbs or nouns?
Verbs.
> Regardless of being a separate class or not:
> How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
They work exactly like verbs, because they are verbs. However,
verbs that describe states and traits (like 'be peculiar',
'be tall') make their argument take different markings. The
argument of an innate trait is marked as Patient, while arguments
of traits aqcuired later in life are marked as Agent.
Ex: _danielin jinea_
daniel:AGT is:peculiar
'Daniel is peculiar (deliberatly and it makes him look stupid).'
_daniel jinea_
daniel:PAT is:peculiar
'Daniel is peculiar (from birth, and that makes him cool).'
Over-simplification: Predicates which are controlled take an Agent
as its argument and those which are not controlled take a Patient.
> Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of
> "to be")?
Nope.
> ---- END part II ----