Re: Human Song

--- Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:40:58 -0800, Clint Jackson
> Baker <litrex1@...>
> wrote:
>
> >Nearly all
> >words develop from two-syllable roots, and nearly
> all
> >sentences (VSO) are three words long.
>
> How do you describe situations that don't fit in a
> single triplet?
--Do you mean like dependent clauses and suchlike?
I'm trying to work out a system of monosyllabic
connecting words, so yes, more complex ideas are
represented by more than three words.  And a sentence
in which one wishes to only use a pronoun would only
need one or two words.

> (Not that I can't imagine *some* way to do so - but
> how exactly?)
>
> >A typical
> >sentence would be:
> >VERB: pronoun affix + root + tense/mood affix
> >SUBJECT: root + subject marker
> >OBJECT: root + postpositional affix
> >There are, of course, other indicators for
> negation,
> >reflexivity, modifiers, etc.  I will address those
> in
> >the future.
>
> Is the word order fixed? (I'm asking since the
> relations within a triplet
> seem to be clear from the markers)
--I've wondered what to do about that, honestly.  I
think that, for the moment, anyway, I rely on a
roughly fixed word order because this is my first
venture out and I'm trying to simplify things.  Though
you do give me the idea that the same suffix can do
double duty, if I have a set word order.

Thanks,
Clint

> Basilius
> -

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