C-24, an Ancient Greek conlang utilizing disambiguating polysemy

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From: Rodlox <Rodlox@...>
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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 has been replaced by /y/...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.
>
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> Subject: Re: Disambiguating polysemy (was: "triggers et al" as I presently
> understand them)
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