Re: Nouns, verbs, adjectives... and why they're pointless
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 10, 1998, 17:46 |
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Joshua Shinavier wrote:
> A better idea is to leave PoS and valency unrelated, allowing each word its
> own appropriate valency rather than restricting it to that of its word class.
That's what Lojban does: "cat" has valency 2 (the individual and the
breed), e.g.
la bantas. cu mlatu lo'i zdani torselkre
Bantha cats the set of domestic short-hairs.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)