> ---- PART II Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
>
> House-keeping data
>
> Name of the participating conlang:
> (same as on part I please :) )
Valdyan
> 2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
> That is: Possessor/owner and possession/owned thing
>
> If there aren't a way to show this in the language, please say so.
> If there is a way...
>
> Is the order GN, NG or both?
GN
> How is it shown?
> - Through simple juxtaposition? (no extra marking anywhere)
No extra marking, except for the case marking, of course. It's not a
suffix, or the case ending on the N would also be a suffix.
> 3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
NA
> Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
No.
> - If yes,
> - how are they shown? (see question 2 above)
> - list them
>
> If there is not a separate open adjective-class, what type of words do
> the work of adjectives, verbs or nouns?
Nouns.
> Regardless of being a separate class or not:
> How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
There's no difference between nouns and adjectives; almost any
adjective can function as a noun and vice versa, with a few
restrictions on semantic grounds.
> Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of "to be")?
There's no copula at all in the present tense, and only a tense
marker (which could conceivably be called a copula, except that it's
more like an adverb or an adjective) in past and future tenses.
> ---- END part II ----
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