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Re: Adpositionless conlang?

From:David Peterson <thatbluecat@...>
Date:Friday, March 12, 2004, 16:49
Pablo wrote:

<<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">>

The first to notice is that at least for these first two, at least, there
often is no adposition--it just so happens that English uses them (it really has
to, what with the way it's set up).   Also, you don't need a serial verb (the
last two sentences show serial verb constructions) for "He poured wine into
the glass" (you type-o'd there), you could just say: "He glass-poured wine".
Noun incorporation can, in fact, handle much of what you're talking about.
Also, do you not one noun cases?   Those aren't adpositions, but function like
them.

-David