Grammatical Exerpts Distilled, Part 2: Mood and Role
Saul Epstein 
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:45:21 -0500

Gist of "Grammatical Proposals Part 3: Interrogative Mood"


Interrogative Particle from Original ZC

    qa

    Syntax: Placed at the head of clause, requests evaluation of its
            truth.

Proposed Use of <qa> to Form Interrogative Pronouns

    qaw    who          qan    which or what
    qawhi  whom         qanhi  which or what
    qawti  by whom      qanti  by which or how
    qawha  to whom      qanha  to which or why
    qawcha from whom    qancha from which or why
    qawat  whose        qanat  of which
    qawhe  in whom      qanhe  in which or where

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Gist of "Grammatical Proposals Part 4: Role"


"Syntactic Relationships" from Original ZC

    at   "of"
    ha   "to"
    hi   (direct object)
    he   "in"
    ti   "with"
    a/e  (object addressed)
    cha  "from"

    Syntax: Suffixed to root

Proposed Role (Case) Markers

    at   Possessive   entity as possessor       (of)
    ha   Destinal     entity as destination     (to)
    hi   Acceptive    entity as "direct object" (NA)
    he   Locative     entity as location        (in)
    ti   Instrumental entity as instrument      (by means of)
    a/e  Appellative  entity as audience        (,)
    cha' Original     entity as origin          (from)
    sko  Associative  entity as companion       (together with)

    Syntax: Unchanged

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