Re: Conlang book

En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

>
> Hm what about this: A lang where the only difference between the
> following
> sentences 'd be the case inflextion on the wrod for "wall":
>
> He walks to the wall (and stops there).
> He walks into (the inside of) the wall.
> He walks from the wall.
> He walks out from inside the wall.
> He walks inside the wall.
> He walks through the wall.
>
> Is there any natlang with sufficient cases for this?
>
> Obviously, our theoretical lang should also have cases for near the
> wall,
> behind the wall, in front of the wall, beside the wall, above the wall
> and
> under the wall. That'd make a grand total of twelve cases so far. Then
> we
> really ought to have temporal cases:
>
> He walks before the wall (came into being).
> He walks while the wall (is in existence).
> He walks after the wall (was destroyed).
>
> Add a "causative":
>
> He walks because of the wall.
>
> Sixteen ... and then we need all the normal ones like nominative,
> accusative, two kinds of dative (different for adressees and
> beneficiaries!), voacative and instrumental.
>
>                                                 Andreas
>
> PS By all means, use different causatives for compelling and impelling
> causes! And have a case for "like": He walks like the wall.
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Well, my lang Tj'a-ts'a~n doesn't make exactly the same distinctions, but it
still has 34 cases, 24 of which are spatial cases (you can put them in 4
columns and 6 rows: place where you are, where you go to, where you come from,
where you pass by, with the different nuances at, in, on, under, near and
around).

Christophe.

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