Re: CHAT: Unconventional pronoun systemsshow us yours!

 --- Ben Poplawski <thebassplayer@...> schrieb:
> Unconventional pronoun system... hmmm... well, I
> don't know how
> "unconventional" it is, but there's one for a
> present project of mine. The
> pronominal stems for the most part follow the
> standard IE number of 6,
> except there are two sets of 3p pronouns: one set
> for humans, one set for
> non-humans. This was inspired by the Japanese use of
> "iru" and "aru"
> (existential verbs, the first used for humans and
> animals--essentially
> animate subjects, and the second used for inanimate
> subjects).
That's a pretty intuitive system (I've seen it in a
lot of languages); Nostratic was said to have a
tripartite 3p system, divided between 'human',
'animal' and 'inanimate object'.

I'm tempted to split the pronouns of Gi-an-nain that
way, too, in addition to the split between 'discourse
participant' and 'discourse non-participant'. I'll
have to give up bragging rights, though, since I won't
be able to say 'Gi-an-nain has only two pronouns' :(.

[r\I."gAr\dz],
——Steven

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