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Re: Pronoun system (was Re: Old Norse)

From:Jim Grossmann <steven@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 3:32
Hi, all,

This system is good as far as it goes, but . I+you+he= we,inclusive #2 could
refer to more than three people only idiomatically.  Is this what you want?

Jim




----- Original Message -----
From: "Oskar Gudlaugsson" <hr_oskar@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:11 AM
Subject: Pronoun system (was Re: Old Norse)


> >I constructed a numberless pronoun system and received the following > >forms > >1. I > >2. you > >3. he > >4. I+you = we, inclusive #1 > >5. I+he = we, exclusive > >6. you+he = you, pl > >7. I+you+he= we,inclusive #2 > >Does any language distinguish between numbers 4 and 7, and if so what do > >they call it? > > Cool. I came up with this once too, with some added elaborations (e.g. > "I+two" and "I+plural" would be 1.p. dual and plural). Does it exist in a > natlang, and if not, why not? Is there something inherently unnatural
about
> it? > > Oskar > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >