Re: Conlang Typology Survey

En réponse à Tristan McLeay :


>Hmm.... I haven't thought much about the Pidse articles. I guess the
>definite article probably derive from its word for 'that' (and/or 'it',
>not that there's a difference in Ygyde or Pidse), which means that it
>will actually come from something totally different :)
LOL.

>Maybe it'll originate from a phrase ('one/few/group/many that I talk
>about' perhaps) which originally had other rules strictly defining where
>it went and what it meant, but it got so eroded that it ends up being a
>single word, but maintaining some of the properties of the phrase so
>that it can only goes in funny places depending on sentence type,
>adjectives, grammatical function of the noun, class of the noun, number,
>and the weather :) (Anyone know of a natlang that has different articles
>used in different weather conditions? :) )
Oh, I'm sure someone's gonna find something ;))) (maybe among people that
bad weather puts always in a very bad mood, and who use the normal /@/ and
/D@/ articles in good weather, and /@"fVkIN/ and /D@"fVkIN/ in bad weather?
;))))) ).


>:( I'm at least twice as insane as you are, I insist!
You're good, but as long as I live, you'll always be the second ;)))) .


>No, but one generally only finds one of each person :P :)
I wish it were true, but the tendency lately is in perfect conformism :((( .

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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