Re: Typologic survey, part II

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From: "taliesin the storyteller" <taliesin@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:08 PM
Subject: Typologic survey, part II


> Please cut away the unnecessary cruft, stick to the
point and be concise.
>
> ---- PART II Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
>
> House-keeping data
>
> Name of the participating conlang:
> (same as on part I please :) )
Elenyo

>
> 2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
> That is: Possessor/owner and possession/owned thing
Oder is ALWAYS NG. The Genetive also takes a case
inflection. The only other
way to show possession would be to treat the genetive
as an adjective and
apply it with the copular verb acár (perfect aspect
only). In this instance,
the possessor would not only have to take the genetive
case, but also agree
with the other noun like an adjective.



> 3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
> Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
Yes...

Ok...order is usually NA, however may become for AN
for emphasis providing
that in that specific circumstance the adjective
cannot be confused with
applying to another noun. Adjectives also agree with
their noun. Some elenyo
examples:
nínach - vengeful
arach - ghostly
avan - fearless
hilis - green

and agreeing with a noun:

huán nínach - vengeful guard
kantamhá arachán - ghostly towns (ghost-towns)
an danohas avanhaca - to the fearless son
anna hilis - green ring

Adjectives can take a copula but it would be fairly
unusual I guess.

Jamestomas



> ---- END part II ----

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