From 7a034da57f6175e32ef4fbfce55975ea39f3bbcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucien Cartier-Tilet Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 12:34:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [Eittlandic] Private grammar stuff --- content/eittlandic.org | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/eittlandic.org b/content/eittlandic.org index cd12512..eacadee 100644 --- a/content/eittlandic.org +++ b/content/eittlandic.org @@ -2306,21 +2306,30 @@ in number and gender. :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: Private-Data-Word-order-csri7cg0pfj0 :END: +# Per /Hawkin’s Universals/: + +# $Posp \supset ((AdjN \vee RelN \supset DemN\ \& \ NumN\ \& \ PossN)\ \& \ (DemN \vee NumN \vee PossN \supset GenN))$ + +# Adjectives precede nouns, therefore demonstratives, numerals, and +# possessives also preceed the noun. Since they do, the language must +# also allow genitives to preceed the noun. The only element in the +# Postpositional rule that does not precede the noun are relative +# clauses. + +# Eittlandic also has prepositions. Genitive can follow the noun, +# therefore relative clauses must follow the noun. Therefore, we have: +# | NPosp | DemN | NumN | PossN | AdjN | GenN | NRel | +# This is language C as per Artifexian’s [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZJV1C8g-u8PbZIEHp8t7JT8SSyY7ZetEZ5oBJJn0g2U/edit][list of postpositional +# languages]]. + Per /Hawkin’s Universals/: -$Posp \supset ((AdjN \vee RelN \supset DemN\ \& \ NumN\ \& \ PossN)\ \& \ (DemN \vee NumN \vee PossN \supset GenN))$ +$Prep \supset ((NDem \lor NNum \lor NPoss \supset NAdj)\ \&\ (NAdj \supset NGen)\ \&\ (NGen \supset NRel))$ -Adjectives precede nouns, therefore demonstratives, numerals, and -possessives also preceed the noun. Since they do, the language must -also allow genitives to preceed the noun. The only element in the -Postpositional rule that does not precede the noun are relative -clauses. - -Eittlandic also has prepositions. Genitive can follow the noun, -therefore relative clauses must follow the noun. Therefore, we have: -| NPosp | DemN | NumN | PossN | AdjN | GenN | NRel | -This is language C as per Artifexian’s [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZJV1C8g-u8PbZIEHp8t7JT8SSyY7ZetEZ5oBJJn0g2U/edit][list of postpositional -languages]]. +- Demonstratives and possessives follow the noun, therefore adjectives + follow the noun. +- Adjectives follow the noun, therefore genitives follow the noun. +- Genitives follow the noun, therefore relative clauses follow the noun * Footnotes :PROPERTIES: