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Re: A Conlang, created by the group?

From:Mathias M. Lassailly <lassailly@...>
Date:Sunday, October 11, 1998, 10:27
Herman wrote :

On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:04:34 -0300, Pablo Flores
> <fflores@...> wrote: > > >That's why I want to do -- some pure verbal roots. And I guess the = > others > >would agree to that? Otherwise the case system will have to be = > redefined. > >We don't want that, do we?
I think there is a good chance for that but we could try to have as many cases as we can, then add new cases if necessary, then give up and pick a pure verbal root if we fail otherwise.
> > > >If we have, say, _kjak-_ "bite", we could have > > > >kjako "a biting" (the action, default noun meaning) > >kjakailo "a bit" (the mark of the dog's teeth, a derivative meaning = > "result") > >kjakango "biter" (i. e. the dog) > >kjakes- "(be) bitten" (new stem) > >kjakeso "a being bitten" (the action from the point of view of the = > patient) > > I like that, and the general idea of V(V)C for derivative suffixes is a > good one. That means it might be wise to stick to CVCCVC-type words for > roots in the B vocabulary (less frequently used words), to avoid being > confused for derivatives of CVC words. >
I agree, but someone proposed an ABLAUT ROOTING-SYSTEM (like in Arabic) What do y'all think of that ? Mathias ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/conlang/?start=17125 -- Free e-mail group hosting at http://www.eGroups.com/