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Re: Con-prescriptivism

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Friday, March 26, 1999, 22:27
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> I seem to remember that Elet Anta has > a fictional language academy, but does anyone else have one?
Not really, but I've found an instance of incorrect (or rather colloquial) usage in a story I wrote: dolea chalat moya rythe arlene sayom lea arlat "he sees the largest city that exists anywhere in the world" Here _lea_ is used as a relative pronoun, and the correct place for it is the subject slot of the subordinate clause: moya rythe lea arlene sayom arlat large most that in-the-world anywhere exists _Lea_, however, is also used for impersonal constructions (like _lea daysenat_ "it's raining" and as such creeps as close to the verb as possible. Irina ira@rempt.xs4all.nl (mailing list address) list@rempt.xs4all.nl (both of us) irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)