Vivo update:more pidgin:creole-like// TMA (TenseMoodAspect)
From: | Jonathan Chang <zhang2323@...> |
Date: | Saturday, September 16, 2000, 6:24 |
VIVO - x:paramani :creazi linga ____________________________
__________________________<<experimental creative language>>
Linga creazi ix mutaazi fa-falazi i spa-spazze. [spoken]
Linga :creazi ix mutaazi f-falazi / sp-spazze. [written]
interlinear:
language(s)
creation(s)
_ix_ = signals non-punctual aspect (progressive/continuative/
durative/habitual/iterative)
make/imparts
[partially reduplicated form of _falazi_ literally meaning happy happy]
_i_ is the equivalent of and or a comma
[partially reduplicated form of _spazze_ literally meaning fun fun]
semi-Standard English:
Constructing language(s) makes/imparts much happiness and lotsa pleasure.
> _Linga_ is mangled from Latinate _lingua_<tongue> and is a deliberate
(ab)use of the Sanskrit _linga_ <symbol>.
> _:Creazi_ is evolved from the Italian word _creazione_.
_:c_ is /k/ (as opposed to _c_ which can be either /s/ or /'s/)
ALSO Indonesian "kreasi" is a borrowing from English "creation"
(or original Romance / Latin root). Same thing happens in Malay:
English words with the -tion suffix gets transliterated with -si replacing
the -tion. E.g., "generation" --> "generasi"; "communication" -->
"komunikasi"; "application" --> "aplikasi".
> _Mutaazi_ is evolved from the Italian word _mutazione_
In this particular sentence context, _mutaazi_ means to make, render (to
impart quality X to Y), to make a change.
*** Vivo TMA (Tense-Mood-Aspect) system based on a basic creole TMA
system ***
A.) imperfective past:
zero form of verbs marks simple past for non-stative verbs and non-past
for state verbs:
_Mi littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I read book(s) [on/about] pidgin and creole.
B.) perfective past (TENSE):
marker of anterior tense indicates past for state verbs;
past-before-past, or past, for non- stative verbs:
_Mi x:a littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I have read book(s) [on/about] pidgin and
creole.
C.) irrealis modality (MOOD)
marker of irrealis mood indicates 'unreal time' - future, conditional,
subjunctives, etc.
(for all verbs - stative and non-)...
_Mi ziz littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I will read book(s) [on/about] pidgin and
creole.
D.) non-punctual aspect (ASPECT)
marker of non-punctual aspect indicates: durative, habitual, or iterative
aspects
(it is is indifferent to the nonpast-past distinction)
_Mi ix littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I am reading book(s) [on/about] pidgin and
creole.
E. all markers are in the preverbal position
F. markers are combinable
- BUT in the invariant ordering of:
a- anterior TENSE
b- irrealis MOOD
c- nonpunctual ASPECT
G. TENSE + MOOD
_Mi x:a ziz littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I would have read book(s) [on/about] pidgin
and creole.
H. TENSE + MOOD + ASPECT
_Mi x:a ziz ix littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I would have been reading book(s) [on/about] pidgin
and creole.
I. TENSE + ASPECT
_Mi x:a ix littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I was/had been reading book(s) [on/about] pidgin
and creole.
J. MOOD + ASPECT
_Mi ziz ix littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I will be reading book(s) [on/about] pidgin
and creole.
K. Deonitic moods (stating moral/ethical obligation imposed by the
speaker - &- stating general obligation or necessity)
_Mi ve littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I should read book(s) [on/about] pidgin and
creole.
_Mi vo littari libari nex:i pijin i :criol_
==> I hafta read book(s) [on/about] pidgin and
creole.
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