Re: Preview of a New Non-Linear, Morpho-Phonemic Writing System

Henrik Theiling wrote:
>> Here is the first example above showing a flat monochromatic version, as
>> it would appear in texts:
>> http://home.inreach.com/sl2120/New%20Script%20Experiment%203.GIF
>
>Another question: how will complex sentences with a lot of nested
>substructures look like?  Have you elaborated an ordering rule for
building
>larger structures?
>
>**Henrik
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The diagram below, for example, shows how a subordinated sentence would be
shown, where a secondary verb column is behind the overlapping verb column
of the main sentence.  The secondary verb column is overlapped by its own
arguments as well, while a noun from the main clause acting as the head
for the subordinate clause would overlap both verb columns.  Other nested
structures (e.g., noun-to-noun appositions) are shown by a noun cartouche
overlapping another noun cartouche.  The glyphs within the cartouches
specify the relationship by showing case.  Colors of the cartouches
themselves will also be indicating topic and focus, if any.

http://home.inreach.com/sl2120/New_Script_Explanation.JPG

If side-to-side overlapping of the cartouches becomes too "crowded", it
will be possible to orient the direction of overlapping vertically
downward, so that an extremely complex sentence might appear as a long
vertical structure with attendant arguments as "arms" protruding laterally
as they overlap their verbs, rather than as a more centrally jumbled
conglomeration.  As soon as I have finished mapping the individual
components (glyph values, colors, shapes, alignments) to individual
morphemes, I will translate and construct a complex sentence to
demonstrate the process and post it.

--John Q.