Ruminations.

Posted by Kazper at 7:49pm Jan 21 '09
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An affix is an unfree, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes that represents an incomplete phrase. Its shape conveysnot part of the meaning it represents.
A morpheme is a free, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes that represents a complete phrase xor a complete sentence xor some complete sentences xor an incomplete sentence (Unless I change my mind again: I'm gonna have strict sentenceal concept (S, R-P, DO,...) order, making marking sentenceal function not necessary. I can have incomplete morphemes again! Things could get annoying without them). Its shape conveysnot part of the meaning it represents.
A word is a free, divisible term that's made out of one affix xor a combination of affixes and one morpheme xor one compound that represents a complete phrase. Its shape conveys part of the meaning it represents.
A compound is a free, divisible term that's made out of two morphemes xor two words xor one morpheme and one word that represents a complete phrase. Its shape conveys part of the meaning it represents.
A contraction is a free, divisible term that's made out of parts of two morphemes xor part of one morpheme and all of the other morpheme that represents a complete phrase. Its shape conveys, somewhat, part of the meaning it represents. (I'm not sure I'll have these...)

Since an affix represents an incomplete part of a phrase a word cannot represent a complete or incomplete sentence or sentences.
T-compound is made out of two morphemes xor two words xor one morpheme and one word. It conveys part of the whole phrase it represents. Its first term (a morpheme xor word) represents the concept that is a phrase-head/relhed. Its second term (a morpheme xor word) represents the concept that is a [[concept-modify]] (narrower) in a relative clause that is ellipsed and that is between these two terms and possibly to the right of the second term.
The difference between a prefixal word and a compound is that the prefix of a prefixal word represents a phrase-head and an incomplete relative clause that is or is thought to be productive enough to be represented by its own prefix. Whereas the first term and ellision of a compound represents a phrase-head and an incomplete relative clause that isnot or isnot thought to be productive enough to be represented by its own prefix.

An [[incomplete phrase]] is a phrase with a phrase-head and a [[concept-modify]] (narrower) that is part of an ellipsed relative clause. The [[incomplete phrase]] isnot part of a whole phrase but is the whole phrase.
A rustem is one or more free terms or phrases or combination of the two that fills a variable in an incomplete phrase that's represented by an affix.

You determine the conceptal category of a phrase by the conceptal category of the concept that heads the phrase.

Valency = the number and type of sentenceal functions that a selbri requires other concepts to fill when it is functioning as a R-P in a sentence.

If the DO of a word that functions as a R-P is the same as the rustem of the word then we're dealing with a weird intransitive R-P. "x1zolocar" is to be understood as: "x1 drive car." though "zolocar" does not equal "drive" (an intransitive verb).
"Hammering" is a particular action that one does using a hammer though it's possible that one could hammer using something else because the action with something else is similar. You would have to say it like this though: "x1 zolohammer using golfclub.". You couldn't just use "golfclub" because you would derive the particular action that's associated with golfclubs.
One is not hammering using a golfclub though unless they achieve the same results as hammering with a hammer. So: one who is not using a hammer may only be hammering if their action is similar in its appearance (maybe more generally: characteristics) and achieves the same results. Though one could attempt or pretend to hammer.
"Attempting" implies that the attempter thinks the results can be achieved.
"Pretending" impliesnot that the pretender thinks the results can be achieved.

Most generally adjectives are relhed k that nouns possess respro tyt* and existnot independently from nouns b.

~Shawn Savoie~
~Ottawa, Ontario, Canada~
added on 7:52pm Jan 21 '09:
'I can have incomplete morphemes again!'

Should be: incomplete sentences.



added on 7:59pm Jan 21 '09:
'though "zolocar" does not equal "drive" (an intransitive verb).'

Should be: ...(a transitive verb)

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