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Re: Hypersimple & Dreadfully Unnatural Grammars

From:Edward Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Thursday, March 18, 1999, 5:05
> >Edward Heil wrote: >> You can't go more than five levels deep in the language as I've
figured
>> it out at this point. > >Add some more vowels, or length contrast. If you distinguish mid-open >and mid-close (/e/ vs. /E/), and front and back a's (/&/, /A/), you can >have 8 vowels, and if you add a long-short distinction, you can double >that to 16. Add nasality to double it to 32. Heck, include tone and >you can increase it even more.
I thought five ought to be enough! :) Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com