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Re: Polysemy

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, November 17, 2003, 7:44
Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> At 16:26 16.11.2003, Ray Brown wrote: > > Would it be tolerable if, say, we > >had BrScB* _dm_ = 'lord, master' and _dm_ = 'house', > >disambiguated by "cements" so that, e.g. > >dm't /'tEmEti/ = your master > >dm-t /'tOmOtu/ = your house > > > >*This does _not_ mean that _dm_ will actually have either > >of these meanings, not that _t_ will mean 'you, your' in the > >final version of the language. > > > >Is this modest degree of polysemy tolerable? > > The problem is that most people would begin > to think of the cement as part of the root.
Given the other unusual properties of BrScB's spelling system, I find it hard to think that's much of a problem. Andreas