Re: Conlang Shadows

takatunu wrote:
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I have a special ending making any noun into a semantic role (or
"case"). For instance, when associated with the attribute "shadow",
the concept "light" has a specific role. So I would TAG the noun
"light" to make it the semantic role LIGHT (and I can make any role a
subject):

Man has-shadow @-light-TAG (of) sun.
"The man has a shadow with its LIGHT (of) the sun."

Shadow of man has-light-TAG (of) sun.
"The shadow of the man has the sun('s) as its LIGHT."

Sun has/makes-light-TAG shadow of man.
"The sun has/makes-LIGHT (of) the man's shadow."

I can make any noun into a case: a POT when I'm cooking (or confining
or preserving), a DOOR when I'm exiting (or closing or slamming), a
PROJECTILE when I'm throwing, a LANGUAGE when I'm talking. Pisina is
the 1000-case language. ;-)
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For interest, and without intended criticism: how does this tag
differ from an instrumental case marker?

Jonathan.

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Playing among the ruined languages...'
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