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Re: movement

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, March 27, 2006, 16:56
Hi!

Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> writes:
>... > > Are there any constructed languages that were designed to maximize or > > systematize the portion of grammatical meaning expressed through the > > variation of word order? How do analytic natural languages differ in > > the way they permutate word order? Are there languages, constructed > > or natural, in which it is used for purposes other than voice and mood? > > In one of my early conlangs I had adpositions which were prepositional > when expressing location and postpositional when expressing movement > (or the other way around; I don't recall). I don't think it would work > well in practice; ...
Which reminds me: in Dutch, it works just like that: Ik loop de stad in. I walk the city in 'I walk into the city.' vs. Ik loop in de stad. I walk in the city 'I walk in(side) the city.' **Henrik -- Relay 13 is online: http://www.conlang.info/relay13/

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René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
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