Re: Verbs in Finlaesk

On 9/26/07, Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett@...> wrote:
> How much borrowed structure would seem naturalistic?
The first thing I thought of was Michif, whose "verb phrase phonology,
lexicon, morphology, and syntax are from a southern variety of Plains
Cree" and which "is unusual (and possibly even unique) among mixed
languages, in that, rather than forming a simplified grammar it
developed by incorporating the most complex and demanding elements of
the chief languages from which it was born. French origin noun phrases
retain lexical gender and adjective agreement; Cree origin verbs
retain much of their polysynthetic structure."

So, ANADEW.

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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