Re: Group Conlang
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:57 |
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:58:13 -0500, Carlos Thompson
<cthompso@...> wrote:
>Case/PoS tags:
>Will be as small as possible for most common concepts.
>I would like no case tag for Theme/Topic.
>I would like one letter case tag for patient, agent and predicate.
>I wouldn't complain for flexing case tags, examples:
>roots: rum, kal, og
>case1: prum, ukal, pog
>case2: orum, okal, wog
I prefer case 2 (although "wog" could also be a root). Otherwise we'll =
have
to be careful when creating roots like "prum" to make sure there isn't
already a root "rum" and vice versa.
>I don't mean extrem cases like those above, but some flexibility could =
rise.
>
>Agreeement:
>I vote for agreement between modified and modifier not by case but by =
other
>element of the screeve, like the tense, dinamism, voice, aspect, number,
>evidence or gender.
Agreed. :)