Re: Gender in conlangs (was: Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad))
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 2:49 |
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:49:43AM +0100, Remi Villatel wrote:
> Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
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> [---A lot of interesting things...---]
>
> As I said before, these names "subjective" and "objective" are _very_
> _badly_ chose.
>
> Let's call them (temporarly) "subjectal" and "objectal". If you re-read my
> previous posts making the substitution, I think everything will become
> clearer. If it doesn't work, re-try with "gender 1" and "gender 2". These
> are just (badly chosen) *names.*
[snip]
Perhaps "abstract" and "concrete" might better capture the idea behind it
without causing undue confusion with "subject" and "object"?
T
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