state of flow in conlang (was Re: Ke'kh - degrees of volition)
From: | Jonathan Chang <zhang2323@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, September 20, 2000, 2:55 |
In a message dated 2000:09:19 3:34:20 PM, joerg.rhiemeier@FREENET.DE writes:
>Ni Turin linnent.
>COM AGT.Turin sing.PAST
>"Turin sang in a state of flow."
>
>Note the difference in case! The meaning of _ni_ here is comitative;
>the "standard" usage is to say that someone does something along with
>someone else, but it can also be used to express that someone enjoys
>what he is doing to such a degree that he can be said to go along with
>the action itself, and that it gains a dynamic on its own.
>
>Does anyone else here have state of flow grammaticalized in their
>conlang?
I am thinking of using aspect modulators (sorta like adverbs) in Viivo.
Some are similar to this idea of "flow":
_alea_ randomly occurring, periodically
_fluxii_ in flucuation (sp?), constantly
_nadii_ streaming, indeterminate to whether constant or periodic
These aspect conceptualizations tie-in with Viivo's _CaosCultura_.
czHANg