Re: Hypersimple & Dreadfully Unnatural Grammars
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 18, 1999, 4:21 |
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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.
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