On 4/20/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 4/20/2007 5:16:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jimhenry1973@GMAIL.COM writes:
> > One of my goals for gjâ-zym-byn was to be able to concisely express
> > distinctions that are not easy to make concisely in English. I partially
> > succeeded, especially with respect to the spacetime postposition system
> > and the extensive vocabulary for emotions and mental states; but
> > on average gzb turns out to be more verbose than English, I think.
> Where can I find out more about the extensive vocabulary for emotions and
> mental states in gzb?
See:
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/gzb/semantic.htm#mindstate
and (this categorical lexicon is something I just came up with and
wasn't planning to post about yet, a bit messy still but usable):
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/gzb/nxcgtx_categ.htm#jax-fax-nxiqw
"Extensive" doesn't necessarily mean "with no gaps". I'm sure there are
distinctions gzb could usefully make that it doesn't yet; I'm still
adding new root
words in this semantic domain from time to time.
--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/conlang.htm