Re: New to the list
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 19, 2006, 4:11 |
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 23:39:25 -0400, <veritosproject@...> wrote:
> Ok, i was exaggerating a little. But one of your examples: "They say
> that river flows intermittently through our country." is 3 words.
That's not all that horrific, is it? I wager you could do it like this:
HRS.flow.INT.3SG DIST.river.NOM country.GEN:1PL.PERL
HRS Hearsay evidential
INT Intermittent aspect
DIST Distal deixis
NOM Nominative
GEN Genetive
PERL Perlative
Now, three *morphemes* and you've got yourself a rather different
challenge...
Paul