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Re: Modifiers by simile

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Monday, October 29, 2007, 20:13
* Kurt Maxwell Weber said on 2007-10-29 20:32:41 +0100
> In the simplest case, we have: > > noun modifier-A > > Here modifier-A clearly modifies the noun, so there's no > ambiguity. > > A bit more complex case: > > noun modifier-A modifier-B > > Here there is ambiguity introduced because it's not clear if > modifier-B modifies the noun or modifier-A. We can perhaps > rectify that by introducing an inclusive coordinating > conjunction (somethin akin to the English "and") and get:
You could also have all modifiers agree with their noun. truck color-like-apple-N size-like-moon-N fast-like-turtle-N You could also just live with the ambiguity. Would be nice for puns. t.