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Re: Trigger language?

From:Bryan Maloney <slimehoo@yahoo.com> <slimehoo@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 4:38
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@Q...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:04:15AM -0500, vaksje@G... wrote: > [snip] > > >> H. S. Teoh wrote: > > >Ebisedian handles this differently, because it has no concept of
subject
> > >or object: > > > > Aren't subject or subject universal terms for any language? > > As far as I can tell, there is no way to tell what is a subject in an > Ebisedian sentence except by context and semantics.
Tell me about it. I was yanking at my hair quite a bit in the last relay I participated in.