Re: My Conlang Museum in Netscape too

At 04:41 25/01/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>I think that for those who aren't well versed in a focus/trigger system,
>it can be a bit difficult, because using certain focuses does away with
>certain prepositions, etc (as I showed in the "I learned Swedish in
>Uppsala" example earlier). Also depending on what focus you use, the
>different parts of the sentence take different markers, and can switch
>places (which can easily be construed as articles ;)).
>
        I'm trying to use the trigger system for Itakian (complicated by the fact
that there are noun classes and the focus marks have to agree in class with
the focus) and I understand what you mean. I also add perfect/imperfect
distinction by the position of the trigger to the verb (TV for imperfect,
VT for perfect) and the use of a direct or indirect 'complement' (whose
funtion depends on the function of the trigger of course). As far as I've
worked on it, I like the system I made. If you're interested, I'll tell you
more about it later :) .

>>
>I think you said it well. Your daughter is very smart, I must say :) . I
>think she pretty much has it down. I do like languages because I like to
>see how things tick (i've always been into taking things apart to see how
>they work, and then trying to put them back together again). It is kind of
>like a puzzle, really.
>>
        I agree. I like to know how things 'work'. I'm not that interested in
puzzles (though I don't dislike them, when I was younger I really loved
them), but what I like is mechanisms like the ones you find in watches and
clocks. All those gears that work together have always fascinated me. All
kinds of mechanisms fascinate me in fact, and I think sometimes I see
languages as kinds of very complex and fascinating clocks (every part has
its right place, and works very well with the other parts, just like in a
clock).

>
>Exactly! I think maybe that's why I get so turned off by the attitudes of
>some auxlangers. I don't have to make my language simple, easy to learn,
>or pleasing to everyone. I dont have to care at all what critics thing I
>should or shouldn't do. I can also use what I find interesting, but not
>what the majority thinks are easy or utilitarian. It's all up to me.
>
        Alleluia! :) That's art after all :) .

                                                        Christophe Grandsire
                                                |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G.

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