Re: Some questions.....
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Saturday, February 2, 2002, 14:34 |
|---|
Am 02.02.02, djón-emenju'el drék yscrifef:
> Heya!
>
> Firstly, can anyone give examples of languages with a typically SVO order
> but with post-positions?
English? At least part time. "That's where I want to go to".
> Secondly, what do you call the mood which is halfway between positive and
> negative, but not wrt possibility? As in 'Bob sorta loves Alice' and 'he
> kinda runs'.... I've nicknamed it Sortative/Kindative ;) but I want to know
> if there is a techinical term.
The verbs themselves are plain indicative. At least in English.
You're certainly welcome to make your own conlang differently. I
would tend to look on these as "phrasal moods" (moods of the whole
phrase, rather than just of the verb). While clearly Bob loves
Alice, there is a condition to that love.
To my knowledge, there are no particular technical terms for
this as I think it would be too hard to quantify. How would
you subdivide "sorta", "kinda", "sorta almost", and a whole
host of other vacilative adverbs. Actually, "vacilative"
might not be a bad name for this phrasal mood, on account of
the wishywashy nature of the whole business.
> John.
Padraic.
--
Gwerez dah, chee gwaz vaz, ha leal.
Reply