Re: A dechticaetiative language
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 9, 2004, 21:39 |
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On Aug 9, 2004, at 1:57 PM, Garth Wallace wrote:
> Peter Bleackley wrote:
>> If I am not mistaken, a dechticaetiative language is one where
>> objects may
>> be classified as primary objects and secondary objects, such that
>> we can clearly see that English is a dechticaetiative language.
> This claim has been made before on the list, I believe. I even
> mentioned
> it in the Wikipedia article on "Dechticaetiative language".
> I think it makes a lot of sense.
Rrrm... how do you pronounce "dechticaetiative"? I've been pronouncing
it something like [dExt1'kejS@41v], but seeing's as how in most
dialects of English /x/ is not a 'real' phoneme, i'm wondering how
whoever slapped the term together or first borrowed it from another
language pronounced it. Or, if i pronounce it my way, would i be
understood?
-Stephen (Steg)
"Enthrone your pasts:
this done, fire and old blood
will find you again:
better hearts' breaking
than worlds'."
~ s'task's last song,
from _the romulan way_ by diane duane & peter morwood
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