Re: "triggers et al" as I presently understand them
| From: | Amanda Babcock Furrow <ababcock@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 19, 2004, 19:03 |
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 06:09:39PM +0200, Rodlox wrote:
> I think the example provided (no, don't remember which post) had writing,
> pen, and other related items under a single word, which could be specified
> which one by use of a (trigger(?)) word.
Eureka!
The message Rodlox is thinking of is:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312B&L=conlang&P=R7340
(Roger Mills, 9 Dec 2003, Re: Q's about trigger again)
Rodlox, go back and read that again. I think you completely
misunderstood it (and came up with an even cooler idea, but which is
not a trigger!) The trigger never changes the meaning of any of
the words in Roger's example sentences (see the correct sentences
in the paragraph beginning with "I think you're ignoring your
own invented morphology"). I'd be happy to attempt to clarify
anything that is not making sense to you in that message.
On the other hand, just keep your original idea and give it a new name :)
Amanda
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