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Re: case/adposition matrix

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Friday, June 28, 2002, 2:25
On 06/27 13:10  Dirk Elzinga wrote:
> Hey. > > Several years ago, someone posted a matrix of locative cases or > adpositions. It was organized with spatial orientation (up, down, in, > out, etc) on the y-axis and direction of motion (or lack of motion) > on the x-axis (or something like that). I couldn't find it in my > quick search of the archives. Does this sound familiar to anyone? If > someone still has this matrix, could it be reposted here? You could > also email me privately. >
I checked to see if I had it among the stuff I printed in the early years. Unfortunately not. If I remember correctly it measures proximity in units starting from zero units from the speaker. If it is then it predates Conlang@Brown, into the Danish years. - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@griffler.co.nz alias Mungo Foxburr of Loamsdown http://hobbit.griffler.co.nz/homepage.html "That's the people who hang around the edge of groups at parties. They are very exclusive."