Re: Case/Tense question
| From: | <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 10, 2000, 3:12 |
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> -----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