NGL:spatial adverbs and vectors
| From: | Gerald Koenig <jlk@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 25, 1998, 3:20 |
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Speakable Vector Spatial Tense
The original post of the spatial vector system was more of an outline
than a working system. Since its publication NGL has acquired an
alphabet and a vocabulary making possible this first assignment of
words to concepts such that speech is possible using VStense. Questions
by users are most welcome. I wish to thank Jack Durst for his initial
encouragement and John Cowan for the list of English space words I
borrowed from his works. All NGL words are original coinings. Questions
are always welcome.
SPACE VECTOR WORDS SUMMARY
Type of Coordinate System Vector Types Other
ANTHROPOMORPHIC: wos DISPLACEMENT: dis DEXTRO: de
MATH: mas PATH: pas LEVO: le
PHYSICS: pis VELOCITY ves [@] SET ORIGIN: os
ACCELERATION ses [#] SET DESTINATION fis
FUZZY: fus
BASIS VECTOR AXES:
i: il -i: nail | right, left; if ANTHROPOMORPHIC (wos)
j: ju -j: naju | front, back; if ANTHROPOMORPHIC
k: ko -k: nako | up, down; if ANTHROPOMORPHIC
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pas-->paz as combiner
DIS PAS VES SES
static dynamic change of v_ rate of change
s word displacement v_. path v_. velocity v_. Acceleration v_.
all locations motions how fast? change of speed &
of "objects" on a path what direction? change of direction
Adverb or N. Adverb or Number.
modifier. modifier.
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VECTORS, WOS, person centered type of origin.
i
Column II means column I. pazij means "is going rightward."
I II
DIS DIS PAS PAS VES SES
i ij right going rightward pazij vezij sezij
-i naij left going leftward paznaij veznaij seznaij
j ju front going forward pazju vezju sezju
-j naju back going backward paznaju veznaju seznaju
k ko above going upward pazko vezko sezko
-k nako below going downward paznako veznako seznako
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SPATIAL RELATIONS ADVERBS
nir within going into paznir veznir seznir
rur surrounding is revolving pazrur vezrur sezrur
pir penetrated is penetrating pazpir vezpir sezpir
jas next to is passing pazjas vezjas sezjas
tor towards is arriving paztor veztor seztor
liv away from is departing pazliv vezliv sezliv
xos inward is approaching pazxos vezxos sezxos
tos outward is receding paztos veztos seztos
zoz re xos se tos is oscillating paszoz veszoz seszoz
tan tangential moving on tangent paztan veztan seztan
kon coincident moving>coincide pazkon vezkon sezkon
dej edge (of) (need preps)
par alongside moving parallel pazpar vezpar sezkar
ton on (surface) moving on pazon vezon sezon
A few examples: (more to follow)
The midline was to my left.
mi pa naij :midline:.
I past left-of-me [was-located] midline.
The static vectors are all locatives.
speaker is default origin of wos (anthropomorphic) system.
he was to the right of the midline.
ha pa ij os :midline:.
he past located right of origin midline. ha pa contracts to hap.
They were driving on the right of the midline.
Su am :drive: pazij os:midline.
They [past progressive] drive [on a trajectory] to the right of an origin
defined as the midline. Su am contracts to sam.
She was talking while passing the car at 95
wo am tok ko 95 vezliv :car:
she [past progressive] talk [containing the action of] at 95 velocity leave
[liv] the car.
and going up the hill.
& fuz vezko hill.
and [fuzzy claim] her velocity is up (ko) on a hill. ie not straight up.
Jill had gone up the hill.
Jill paj pazko :hill.
Jill [past perfect] moved on an upward [ko] path [paz] on the hill.
The path or motion vector contains within itself the idea of motion. A
verb of motion is not necessary.
Gerald Koenig
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