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Re: Case/Tense question

From:<raccoon@...>
Date:Monday, January 10, 2000, 3:12
> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of Nik Taylor > Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2000 6:59 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Case/Tense question
> I'm working on Terra Novan, a descendant of English, and I've come into > a problem with the Future. Word-final l's were lost, so I'll, you'll, > etc. merged with I, you, etc. I first thought I'd simply replace it > with "gonna", unfortunately, there's a problem with that, too. I became > /e/, while I gonna became /egEn/ --> /egE~/ --> /ege~/ --> /ege/ --> /e/
Well, in my idiolect of English at least, <I'll> has two syllables: [ai l=] (where l= is syllabic l). So maybe you could make is [ai@l] > [ai@] and work from there? Eric Christopherson raccoon@elknet.net