Re: Adpositionless conlang?
From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
Date: | Saturday, March 13, 2004, 8:36 |
In a message dated 2004:03:12 06:43:19 PM, Kou (latinfrench@SAGESCHOOL.ORG)
quotes & writes:
>Pablo asks:
>
>>I heard get* you = "I heard from you"
>>She needs wood want* building house = "She needs wood to build a house"
>>He poured wine put* glass = "He poured glass into the glass"
>>
>> [major snippage]
>>What do you think?
>
>I'm thinking, check out a Chinese grammar.
And also how creoles approach serial noun and verb phrases. Much
intriguin' things to learn there IMHO... more Pidgin than Pentecost (talkin' in
tongues), know what I mean 0_o?
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