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Re: Human Song

From:Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2001, 20:24
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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