Re: THEORY: Number and animacy
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 9, 2006, 23:25 |
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On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:08:12 -0500, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Paul Bennett writes:
>> Chapter 2 THE ELAMITE LANGUAGE by ERICA REINER
>> ...
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> Very interesting!
IAWTC
> I remember that Elamite is what made me introduce person on nouns in
> some Conlang sketch. I suppose other conlangs also do this?
Version 2.x Thagojian did, and it took the notion from Wenetaic (both
mine), which in turn took it from Elamite.
I'm trying to bring it back into Thagojian with v3.x, but the data are not
leading me in that direction, at least for the Ancient / Preclassical
stage. A sterner hand is surely needed, but I want to retain some
semblance of scientific method. Even my attempts to reduce the number of
declensions (or as Beekes calls them, stems) to a manageable level (given
the requirements of vowel harmony) are floundering pretty badly.
Paul
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