Re: Conlang Typology Survey
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 3:49 |
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On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 10:57:08PM -0400, Matt Trinsic wrote:
> Okay. It looks completely caseless then. Thanks for the help =)
Yuhvelcome. :)
> Another question I have is if there is a name for a grammer which has a
> set of inflections to flag the end of a sentance or clause? For
> instance, saying "I see" would be "liest foez".
Does the form of the verb change because it's the end of the clause,
or because it has no object? If it's the latter, then what you
have is a productive way of making an intransitive verb out of a
transitive one. If it's the former, then I'm not sure what it's called,
but I'd guess it's analogous to the particles in Japanese which
morphemically convey that something is a question (ka) or an
exclamation (yo).
-Mark
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