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Re: polysynthetic languages

From:Eddy Ohlms <ohlms@...>
Date:Sunday, September 21, 2003, 20:07
vaksje wrote:

> > > Ah yes, my conlang is exclusively suffixing.
I see. Interesting.
> > > Incorporated into the verb stem thus making a noun-verb verbal compound > or incorporated into the verb structure, or both? > > I guess mine can do both, although I haven't yet felt any difference > between the two, semantics-wise.
It works somewhat like "babysit" to mean "*sit babies". Do some searching for polysynthetic languages and incorporation on a search engine.