Re: Human Song
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 14, 2001, 20:24 |
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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?
(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)
Basilius
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