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Re: Conlangs of mischief (Was: Re: I'm back!)

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Thursday, September 23, 2004, 23:43
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 02:35:35AM +0200, Rodlox wrote:
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> can you get archived messages from the relay list? that might give you a > hint. :)
I can browse through the archives on the listserv. What keywords should I search for? :-)
> > I'll start: there is no distinction between 2nd and 3rd person in > > Ebisédian. This is wonderfully destructive in relays involving > > conversations (although we haven't had one like that yet---which may > > be a good thing, depending on your POV). Let's see Metes beat that. > > no word order.
Sorry, Ebisédian has no word order either. In fact, it's much worse than that. It doesn't require any category of word (verb, noun, etc.) to be present in a sentence. A sentence consisting wholly of nouns is perfectly grammatical, as is a sentence consisting wholly of verbs. A sentence with both verbs and nouns is allowed to omit any of its nouns without changing the verb. (I.e., not like English, where you must have a subject for every verb unless you change the verb into a passive.) Keep 'em comin'! ;-) T -- People walk. Computers run.

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Robert Hill <syntax@...>