Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 31/05/99 00:05:36 , Marcos a =E9crit :
> >> But this is something which has to be specified on language's grammar.
> >> For example, in the case of "good fisher", let's say in UTL good is
> >> "bona", fish is "fishumi" and man is "homo"; -o for nouns, -a for
> >> adjs, and -am for adverbs. We would have (uncompoundedly) distinct
> >> ways to express what you want:
> >> bona fishuma homo (both adjs affect noun)
> >> bonam fishuma homo (adv affects adj which affects noun)
> >>
> >do you mean [bonam fishuma] homo or [bonam fishuma] homo ;-)
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> :-?
(try again, mathias :)
do you mean " [bonam fishuma] homo " OR " bonam [fishuma homo] " ?
> >i did differently in some of my conlangs. i'll try to stick to your word=20
> >order although i think it's one of the worst you can design for an=20
auxlang :
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> Why?
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difficult to explain in one post. did you ever pay attention to young=20
children's babbling ?
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> >bone fishi =3D to fish well
> >bona fishi-r-o =3D the good fisher
> >bone-a fishiro =3D the fisher fishing well
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> Ah, you have given to me an idea here:
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> bona fishero =3D a good fisher
> bonama fishero =3D a fisher fishing well
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> :-)
at least i made someone happy that day (sigh).
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> >bonea fishi-k-o =3D the efficient fishing
> bona fishio (don't need for bonama; "fishio" is a directly derived
> noun in my system).
> >faste-t-e bone fishi =3D to fish fast and well
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> I must say I don't like this "-t-" feature.=20
> fastam ed bonam fishi
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does "ed" resume fastam to fishi ONLY (like "ed-a" would) or is it another=20
ambiguous "and" (like "ed-e" would)?
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> If this were a real-time conversation, I would have stopped you here
> saying that my language doesn't attempt to eliminate that kind of
> ambiguity which I prefer to call "impreciseness".
there is no ambiguity nor impreciseness in language. only ambi-valence.
"Angleso es
> desfacila" is a perfect normal sentence in UTL. Ambiguities to
> eliminate in UTL are just those which provoke MT errors.
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sift as you can. i go back conlanging.
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> Saludos,
> Marcos
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wishing you best artlanging
mathias