Re: Verbs in Finlaesk

On 2007-09-26 Paul Bennett wrote:
 > How much borrowed structure would seem naturalistic? Just
 > the bare minimum to restore the distinctions lost from ON?
 > Enough to impart all the distinctions in Ojibwe? What
 > about the other distinctions unique to Inuktitut (if and
 > when I get to studying them properly)?

Having thought on it for five minutes I think that the most
likely thing would be to use analogy and grammaticalization
of ON-derived material to achieve a morphosyntax similar to
the Skraeling languages, rather than borrowing morphemes.

 > The sound-changes seem to be close to something
 > aesthetically nice, but they've reduced the number of
 > conjugations much more than I was aiming for

If it's any consolation I'm struggling with the same
problems with Kijeb person markers -- and that lang is
wholly a-priori!


/BP 8^)>
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