--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@R...>
wrote:
> All the talk last week about the difficulty of creating a truly
alien
> language re-inspired an idea that's been floating round my head for
a
> little while, for a language with only one part of speech and one
> syntactical rule.
>
> The one part of speech is the "state". This can function as a noun,
a
> stative verb, or even a function word depending on context. The one
> syntactical rule is that each state modifies the one preceding it.
Any
> thoughts?
I can't really imagine what you mean... some examples would be
helpful.
How would you express these:
- Give him his money back.
- How cold is it outside?
- The dog was sleeping until the cat woke him up.
- I haven't found my socks yet, but I will if I keep searching.
- These chocolates are for the girl who helped me with math.
-- Christian Thalmann