Re: Re : Re: Re : Case, Innateness, Almost Allnoun, NGL.

Charles wrote:
> I was half-joking. There aren't enough verbs to derive all nouns,
> and most nouns have no obvious verb derivation, but adjectives
> get nearly everything, being inherently state-like or genitive-like.
Hmm, well, in my conlang, I don't derive everything from verbs, but I
generally prefer deriving from verbs rather than to verbs.  For
instance, the names of sciences are derived from verbs derived from the
object of study plus -pyas=FAn (to study), so sag=E1 (speak) --> wasagg=E1
(speach/language) (sag=E1 + -l=E1 (abstract noun)) --> saggapyas=FAn (to =
study
languages) --> pisaggapyasunn=E1 (linguistics), sunasaggapyas=FAn (lingui=
st
- na- =3D one who).

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speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue
hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." --
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