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Re: Missing Words

From:Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>
Date:Thursday, March 14, 2002, 4:12
David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> > In a message dated 03/12/02 5:29:19 PM, matthew.bladen@BTOPENWORLD.COM > writes: > >> << This isn't the boldest step in the world, I know, but I thought I'd >> bring it up to ask a more general question: what words have other >> conlangers felt able to do away with, and why? By 'do away with' I >> mean 'not represent, not have exist' as opposed to expressing notions >> via cases and whatnot. I suppose definite and indefinite articles are >> the most obvious. >> > > For Kamakawi, I don't have a word "and" in any sense, but I do have > words that perform its function--does this not count?
Gladilatian, besides not having any verbs, doesn't have a word which covers all of, or even most of, the meanings of the English "of". It has, instead: fet with respect to frat containing, having as a part of hfy derived from hre from hya user of, using (for the purpose of using) me associated with mnat composed of, divided into, divided by mza directed to rlet for the benefit of se under the control of so part of wuk having as a quality or attribute xve user of, using (as an aid for something else) =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> himes@cshore.com http://home.cshore.com/himes/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99

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