Re: Trigger language?

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:23:22PM -0500, Robert B Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:01:36 -0500 "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
> writes:
> > I also have in mind a verbless, nounless, grammar-less conlang for
> > a
> > parallel universe to Ferochromon, where everything consists of a
> > single,
> > standalone "utterance". For example, there is a "word" (if you can
> > call it
> > that) that has the idea of grabbing something and pulling it up;
> > depending
> > on the context, it can have a variety of meanings. Uttered by a > group
> > leader in a pebble field, it can mean to pick up pebbles. Uttered on
> > the
> > battlefield, it can mean to pick up the enemy by the scruff of the
> > neck.
> > Uttered in a construction site, it is an order to build.
>
> i came up with something like that for a computer game once.  i
> translated it into english as "do" ;)))
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But see, this is different from another word, which means to cast down or
cast away. When used in a construction site, it means to dismantle. When
used in a battlefield, it means to cast the enemy aside, or to defeat the
enemy by throwing them down. When used by a leader of a group carrying
something, it means to drop what they're carrying.


T

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