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Re: conjugating by object

From:Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
Date:Sunday, January 5, 2003, 19:09
> Quoting Jake X <starvingpoet@...>: > > > > I would need an example of what you describe here, Jake, before I
could
> > comment. What do you mean by conjugating verbs by their objects, and > > leaving the objects implied? Do > > > you mean conjugating verbs by their objects and leaving the subjects > > implied? > > > "She loved the cat." How would you do that? > > > > Sorry that I didn't elaborate. I would state the subject but not the > > object. The object would be a kind of "trait," as it were, of the verb. > > > > So: > > > > She-NOM loved-3rd-SING-cat. > > I think what you're talking about here is not object agreement, > but object incorporation, which is quite different.
Sorry if I named the idea wrong, but the purpose would be to make every sentence in the CONLANG intransitive. Don't you think that would be elegant?
> Thomas Wier
Jake

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