Re: Unilang: the Grammar

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?

Óskar