attn: Luca! ... musical TMA (was Greenberg's universals for SVO languages & Caos Pidgin ruff-sketch

In a message dated 2000:09:10 4:36:00 AM, mangiat@TIN.IT quotes me then
writes:

>>     * Mi 'tz essi lento essi medica-persona.
>
>>>     <Me be slow be medicine-person.>
>
>>>     'I probably won't become a doctor' or 'I'll become a doctor only
>in a remote possibility'. (dependent on context)
>
>Hey, Jonathan, I see you've applied the 'musical TMA' we've privately
>spoken about! Good! Shall you allow me to us the idea in a possible
>conlang-to-be of my own?
    Of course, Luca... I don't hold any copyrights on "musical TMA" ::wry
grin::

    NOTE: TMA = Tense, Mood, Aspect

    czHANg

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