On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:17:14 +0100, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Jeffrey Jones writes:
>>...
>> I have a question about verbs. It seems like the verb forms, since they end
>> in {(a(r))} all come from the 1st conjugation infinitive, but the stress is not
>> on the {a}. Was there a stress shift you didn't mention? Or did I miss it?
>
>You are absolutely right, I did not mention it. Mainly because I am
>not fully satisfied with the current stress rules. They are a bit
>inconsistent but if I try to make them consistent in a trivial way, I
>do not like them anymore. So I need to find a consistent system that
>I like, and I need a conhistorical explanation for it.
>
>For the verbs, one could argue that most forms in the 1st conjugation
>have the stress on the syllable that is stressed in Terkunan now. So
>I might need an explanation for why it is an epenthetic -r- that
>creeps in.
Yes. Do you really need the -r-?
>> PS I had a little bit of trouble reading the page -- you use a lot of
>> characters I don't have the fonts for, including some that don't seem to do
>> anything.
>
>Ah. Hmm, I can only think of IPA characters that might cause trouble. You're
>a conlanger -- you *need* IPA fonts! :-)
I'm using an old computer somebody gave me. It has a lot of things missing; I
can't even unzip files.
>I think there is no way to format HTML in such a way that CXS is used
>if IPA is not available. Only way would be to have two pages, but
>that's not all too nice for the page creator. Maybe I could implement
>a manual switching mechanism with style sheets. I will think about
>it.
>
>Was there anything else but IPA that does not display well?
No.
>
>**Henrik