Re: How to write down a language design?

Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> wrote:

If you can read french:
http://chaquie.ontheweb.nu
My conlang is an alien IAL without verb so I guess you'll say that it has an
unusual grammar. The site is outdated (another grammatical reform is on its
way) but it follows the rules I've described: abstract, example, phonetics,
translation.
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It's a very nicely detailed page. Your language works a bit like a
compendium of conlangs such as Ebisedian, Nova, Mia Soderquist's conlang,
etc. I had a hard time to read it though because the grammar is difficult
and I kept forgetting what "kepriçke" et alia really mean. I still don't
understand what words in your concrete examples are lipuvrä. I don't
understand why the sulëvjä starts either with i-  or with tvoi-. I guess
it's tvo-i-, but then what? I would suggest that you explain, explain and
explain again the interlinears ;-) BTW, is the sulëvrä of "I walk in the
woods" (locative) the same as "I plant a tree in the woods" (patient)? Quite
apart from that, you say there is no verb in your language but to me there
are verbs made as a copula+noun like in a lot of human languages--unless you
meant that the predicate is not made with a verb. Is there also a copula
expressing creation? For instance, the content of a written message is also
a physically elaborated item--or maybe you use transformation?. Also, is
there any prospective aspect? To express "to fill" will you consider that
the filler makes the bottle full (descriptive) with water or will you
consider that the filler puts water into the bottle (transitive) or that the
bottle acquires a content (acquisitive)? What copula do you use when I say
"X plays with Y"? "X protects from Y"? What is the base (pikkä?) for "to
break": the broken item or the breaking state/action?

Mathias

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