Rinya head/dependent marking (wasRe: My Grammatical Sketch (again!))
| From: | Daniel Andreasson <noldo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 17, 1999, 15:37 |
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Daniel wrote:
> > Reigar rewecyn iyn
> > Vegetable:PL-ABS green:PL-ABS the:PL-ABS
> >
> > cwet-a-ri-sh dich-en in-en
> > buy-PRES-3sg:SUB-3sg:OBJ father-ERG the-ERG
Irina replied:
=20
> Don't you need "buy-PRES-3sg:SUB-3pl:OBJ", as the green vegetables
> are marked plural?
Yes, you're right of course. I realized that on the train (away from=20
all e-mail possibilities :).
Also, the object marker should come before the subject marker like this:
"buy-PRES-3pl:OBJ-3:sg:SUB" as Rinya is OVS (though that doesn't really
matter, now does it?)
> Yes, I like it too; makes me wish Valdyan wasn't so far developed
> already. It's not like me to start a new language just to try out
> interesting features=20
That's why I never get anywhere with Rinya. I'm constantly changing
it since I learn new cool linguistics stuff practically every day.
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