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Re: THEORY: Any rules broken?

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Monday, February 2, 2004, 22:30
--- Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> Merhaba! > > In my conlang Tsaan, I've decided that there's no > 3p. I was wondering > > 1. if it's OK to replace the assumed 3p pronominal > prefix (in this case) with the external argument > represented by it in, say, English: > > sôô+kal+taal > child+fish+eat > 'The child eats the fish' > > 2. if it's OK to use 4p for both the meanings > "someone unknown" and "someone already mentioned and > identified in the conversation". > > Am I breaking any rules? > > --Trebor
Rules? Rules!?! We don't need no stinkin' rules! --gary

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