Re: Unilang: the Grammar

David wrote:

>    This is actually what I did for my first language.  I have one verb
>meaning "to be inside" and another meaning "to go into, to enter".  For each
>of these verbs, though, I made a preposition with them.  Why?  I think I
>realized (though I didn't even know this distinction existed at that time)
>the difference betwen sattelite and non-sattelite languages.  I realized that
>if I only had one verb for "to enter", then I'd have to use that every single
>time, and if I wanted to describe how whoever entered (running, slouching,
>trudging, tripping, etc.), I'd need to use an adjective, and I didn't like
>that; a preposition's must shorter.  Now that I do know of all this, I'm much
>more careful when I create those words.  And I think I do favor satellite
>languages, despite their flaws.
[sheepishly]  What is a satellite language?

E-Ching