Re: Yet another introduction

Hi Basilius,
> >Yes.
> >To be more specific, the Nom-Acc forms are not homophnic
> only when used
> >with a certain (very limited) class of verbs.
>
> Interesting. Did you mean any natlang precedents?
No, but I'm pretty sure our universal grammar doesn't allow us to think
of anything not present in natlangs. I guess that a good search might
reveal something of the kind.

> >> Like in Hungarian, for objects (IIRC)?
> >
> >Yes, with the difference that Hungarian thinks of the possessive in
> >terms of it just being definite, and Tolwd has separate
> conjugations for
> >the definite object and for the possessive object.
>
> Interesting. I thought of a system where 3rd person, inanimate can
> convey such meanings as 'this thing of mine', 'this thing of
> yours', etc.
> It was inspired by an example from some Amerind language. I
> even invented
> a way for such system to emerge.
Details, please? :-P~~~~~~~~~~~~

> >As to your remark in another letter, regarding the oddity of
> languages,
> >I must say that I like naturalistic languages (that's why
> I'm not deep
> >into Klingon, but absolutely in love with Quenya and Sindarin), but I
> >don't want mine to look just like natlangs.
>
> I'm worse. It seems I want them just to be weird natlangs :)
Aah, then you might like Hixkaryana :-)

Isn't it strange, two Moscovites conversing in English :-))

Bye,
Pavel