Re: THEORY: Deriving adjectives from nouns
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 4, 1999, 20:50 |
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Joe Mondello wrote:
> << It is a famous test case. There are many possible meanings.
> How many can your conlang unambiguously distinguish,
> and how intuitive are the constructions? >>
Lojban handles all 40, even after disposing of the ambiguity of
"pretty" in favor of "beautiful", not "somewhat".
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)