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Re: Word Order Indicating Tense (was: my grammar)

From:# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
Date:Thursday, December 30, 2004, 18:39
> > 3: there are 3 times, represented by the word order > (I can't see a >linguistic possibility and waste it by giving a stric or a > free >word-order) > > VSO is the past > SVO is the present > SOV is the futur > >Tense is differentiated only by word order? Is there any case marking on >the arguments? If not then this could be completely confusing, especially >if you allow the dropping of arguments, or there are verbs which can be >either transitive or intransitive.
yes the Nominative-Accusative case is on the argument
>2: The C1 - C2 opposition indicates the Nominative - Accusative opposition
so the subject will have only voiceless consonants and the object only voiced ones so there is no confusion There's also a difference between the verbs and the nouns - verbs will beggin by a consonant and end by a consonant ((((C-V-C)-V-C)-V-C)(-V-N)) - nouns will beggin by a consonant and end by a vowel ((((C-V)-C-V)-C-V)(-N-V) C = consonant/affricate V = vowel N = nasal consonant then I still have (V-C) and (V-C-V) possibilities for other kinds of words
>especially if you allow the dropping of arguments,
What's the dropping of arguments? the fact that there's no object on an intransitive verb? I will solve that problem by using the same pronoun at nominative and accusative and turning the verb at middle voice for a intransitive verb or intransitive use It rain -> It rains(+MV) itself It grows -> It grows(+MV) itself I see you -> I see(+AV) you I see myself -> I see(+AV) myself I see -> I see(+MV) myself Except if you see a problem I didn't see it seems to function

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Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>