Re: Unilang: the Grammar

In a message dated 4/24/01 9:20:11 AM, hr_oskar@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Then there's the whole aspects deal...


As I said, I liked the Lakoff system which David Peterson presented last

week. I've tried to improve the drawing a bit in accord with David's

directions:


            >----------> Iterative >------------->


Ready >---> Start >--->  Process  >-----> Finish >---> Result

  |                   /           \    /

  |                  |             |  /

  |                   \           /  /

Cancel  <-----------<  < Suspend < ->


From this system, I'd use the following aspects:


[ready]

[starting]

[in process]

[finished]

[suspended]

[iterative]  (repeated performance of the verb)

[cancelled]


And I'd add:


[has experienced]

[swift, timeless]   ("aorist"?)

[inevitable]


Thoughts? >>

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You are a
Golden God!  You amaze me with your diagram drawing capabilities!  Even
though I already have one written out by hand, I want to print yours out! ~:D
  But anyway, as to your last three, I think there should be a whole other
frame that goes with the initial diagram to express what's going on in the
mind: Whether one wants to do it, whether one feels obligated, etc.  Then
there's the how.  Anyway, I thought it was an okay idea, and now, thanks to
your masterwork, I think it's a much better one.

-David