Re: Die Grammatik der Sprache Lingwa de Planeta (LdP)
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 14, 2007, 13:33 |
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Hallo!
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:25:27 -0000, lingwadeplaneta wrote:
> > 1. How is the combination _th_ (e.g. in the pronoun _tha_) pronounced?
>
> It is pronounced as a combination of t and h, or as aspirated "t".
> There are no words that distinguish through "t - th", however, so in
> case of difficulty it might be also pronounced simply as "t".
A totally unnecessary complication. If there are no minimal pairs
(that's the linguistic term) for /t/ vs. /th/, and it "might be also
pronounced simply as 't'", why not just drop it and change it into _t_?
> > 2. What are irregular verbs doing in an international auxiliary
> language?
> >
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> The only irregular verb is "bi". It feels good.
Yes, but there are also different classes of verbs with different
infinitive formations. Why? I see no reason to allow either multiple
inflectional paradigms or irregular verbs (and be it just "to be")
in an IAL.
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