Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Onwards with Detail 67: The further adventures of the nouny and

In detail 67 I presented a sketch of a nouny conjunction. This conjunction had a few tricks up it sleeve, but clearly just expressed the notion of 'and' in a complicated manner. A further possibility is to develop other conjunctions out of it in combination with derivative affixes.

singular-əj- + diminutive := or
plural-əj- + diminutive :=  but
Other affixes wouldn't really affect the function of the conjunction, but do affect the emotional mood of the utterance.
 
 
 

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