Re: PoS & heretics (was: Cases and Prepositions (amongst others))

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Does the variation in order have a pragmatic function in Tagalog?
A book I have on the basic grammar of Tagalog doesnt say that the order of
the words affects the meaning at all (if it were important, such as in the
Romance languages, i'm pretty sure it would have said something). It just
says adjectives for instance, can go before or after nouns.  Since it isnt
a Romance language, i'm not surprised that the word order doesnt affect
meaning ;). The book did note that it is the linker (na when words end in
consonants, -ng when they end in vowels) that denotes their relationship
(they get bound together).

In Saalangal, whatever becomes an adjective/adverb always takes the  sa-
prefix (except for certain adjectives, like colors) , so it's always known
what is the adjective/adverb, no matter what order it is in. Also, as with
Tagalog, it uses a linker (always na, never becoming a suffix as in
Tagalog (I used it because I like the sound of it)).




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