Re: How naturalistic is this? Colors & Composition in Sein'

David J. Peterson wrote:

> Umm...do you mean suffix?
Oh, yeah. Somewhat. It's an infix when it comes in contact with a coda,
and then it bores inward to avoid creating a complex coda, as in:

yeyem + (t) > yetyem

> I'd say that it's common for a natlang to have "red + metal = copper",
> etc.  This specific instantiation, though, I'd wager doesn't occur in
> any natural language.  I think a linguist might want to say that the
> /-t/ and /-nh/ suffixes are clitics, so that the adjectives could then
> modify them.  But, then again, they could just as easily be derivational
> suffixes.  In either case, I think no natural language would do it.
> Very neat!
^_^


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