Re: THEORY: transitivity
| From: | Joshua Shinavier <ajshinav@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 1, 1999, 9:29 |
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> > Add it to the list of knots to untie with your unambiguous language ;-)
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> Methinks that's a Gordian knot. You're gonna have to have scissors
> for that one.
Grammatical scissors are my favorite conlanging tool :)
You can make evolutionary leaps -- discontinuous changes -- with a conlang
which are not possible in a naturally evolving language. Agreement problems
are among the most easily solved for a conlang (for a conlang which does not
have as its goal to simulate a natlang, that is), IMNSHO.
Josh