Re: Keeping Track of Ambiguity in your Conlang?

Quoting Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>:

> Philip sekalge:
> >"Verbing weirds language"
>
> Verbening, you mean?
No, the actual quote is "Verbing".

> As for phonetically-empty affixes, I think, "Why bother?" If it's not
> detectable in any way save usage, then usage gives meaning, not a
> phonetically-empty affix.
Sometimes they're useful for describing the _lack_ of a morpheme
being as salient for speakers as the presence of a particular
morpheme.

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