Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the time
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 4, 2003, 20:45 |
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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:11:52AM +0100, Peter Bleackley wrote:
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> I'd be interested to know how many universals other people's conlangs
> violate, and whether this came about naively or deliberately.
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Ack!! Not only Ebisedian doesn't fit in most of the universals (because it
has no concept of subject or object at the grammatical level), but it also
violates #42 in not distinguishing between 2nd and 3rd person.
T
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