Re: Imperatives, not only negative (was: Noli-me-tangere)
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 01/05/99 09:10:46 , vous avez =E9crit :
<< And I seem to recall that Schleyer equipped Volapuek with three-fold
normal, polite & peremptory imperatives. This is fine in an artlang but
IMHO rather overdoing it in a conlang designed as Schleyer's was as an IAL.
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Ray. >>
I deeply disagree with you. 12-fold imperatives are necessary to deal with a=20
Zambian addressing his senior Japanese daughter-in-law in front of an Eskimo=20
vice-minister. Only that kind of IAL is viable.
Mathias