Re: Dichotomies, trichotomies, polychotomies
From: | And Rosta <a-rosta@...> |
Date: | Friday, May 24, 2002, 18:56 |
H. S. Teoh
> Quick terminological question here:
>
> I'm working on correlatives in my conlang ATM, and so far there are
> dichotomies and trichotomies. I'm thinking about having a 5-prong 'chotomy
> as well. What would the right term be? Pentachotomy? Pentchotomy?
> Quintichotomy? None of them sound "right".
dichotomy, tritomy, tetratomy/tesseratomy, pentatomy -- stress is
penTAtomy.
--And.
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