Re: Trigger language?

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" ;)))

> T
Robert Wilson
han_solo55@juno.com
http://kuvazokad.free.fr/

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