On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:52:56 -0600, Thomas R. Wier
<trwier@...> wrote:
[snip very interesting examples and comments]
>[4] The Phaleran demonstrative system has four dimensions:
>physical deixis, visibility, time and formality. _heotli_
>here specifically denotes "yon-wretched-invisible-one".
Formality?!! (the rest I kinda think I sorta understand...)
Will you please explain?
And some details about "time"?
>[5] To avoid vowel hiatus, _martei_ has a shortened form
>_marty'_. In such shortened forms generally, the diphthong
>reduces to the semivowel version of the highest vowel in
>the diphthong. /i/ is higher than /e/, so the shortform
>is /j/.
Interesting. Any direct analogs in natlangs?
Basilius
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