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C-24, an Ancient Greek conlang utilizing disambiguating polysemy

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 19:32
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Subject: C-14, an Ancient Greek conlang utilizing disambiguating polysemy


> > C-24, an Ancient Greek conlang utilizing Disambiguating Polysemy. > (thoughts?) > > the phonemes are much the same as in Ancient Greek, though the "letter"
/i/
> has been replaced by /y/... > oi [oj] > au [aw] > eu [ew] > ei [e:] > ou [o:] > y [y] > u [u] > > p, t, k > b, d, g > m, n > l, r > s, z > > p_h, t_h, k_h > > > ACCENT MARKS > * Accent marks indicate which part of a word is > High/Low/Rising/Falling/All-Even. > ie, > eannoa - all even. > eannòa - rising > èannoa - falling > èànnoa - high (start) > eannòà - low (start) > > * Vowels can go from High->Falling, but not High->Low; similarly, > Low->Rising is permissable, but not Low->High. > > * A 6th (and 7th?) accent "case" is when the DP (disambiguating polysemy)
is
> what is accented, rather than part of the word itself. > > > > VERB PRONOUNS > * Act with varying degrees of Volition and attach directly to the Verb (or > the closest thing to a verb in the sentance). > ie, > Lek_hannant > lek = take > k_h = Fate Volition (uninfluenced by outside actions or events; destiny) > hannant = food > > Let_hannant > t_h = Homeric Volition (no more influenced by events or actions than a
story
> might change over the course of repeated tellings (is there a better way
to
> say this?)) > > Lep_hannant > p_h = Odysseus Volition (entirely [self]-controlled by actions or events; > opposite of destiny) > > * When speaking of a person's actions against a lower-ranked thing (ie, > mice), use Odysseus Volition. > > * When speaking of a lower-ranked thing's actions against a person, use
Fate
> Volition. > > > > FORM > * When the thing is known, use the Specific Form. > "ant esen aik_hannant vopr ot" > [DP indicating Specific Form] [eat] [FV of 'food'] [mouse] [wheat] > "[the] Mouse ate the wheat" > > * When the thing can only be inferred by the known evidence, use the > Inferring/Nonspecific Form. > "eint esen aik_hannant vopr ot" > [DP indicating Nonspecific Form] [eat] FV of 'food'] [mouse] [wheat] > ie, "[the] Wheat was moused" (that is, "the wheat was eaten by something > mouse-like, based on what we'd found"). > > * The only difference between the Forms is the Disambiguating Polysemy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: Disambiguating polysemy (was: "triggers et al" as I presently > understand them) > > >