not linear written forms?

Stone Gordonssen wrote:


I do know that I was brainstorming a year ago with a friend re:
> mechanisms not found in natlangs, and one of the few we came up with was
> reversing the spelling of a word to create the inverse.
>
> E.g. "dam" /display emotions/, "mad" /hide emotions/
>
In the famous McCawley Festschrift, there's a wonderful article by Murray
Renthgil (Lightner), a spoof of reports from the field.  He expesses
amazement that some words in the language under investigation are the
reverse of others, e.g.
 [k@f] 'lower part of the sleeve of a garment'
 [f@k] 'copulate'

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