Grammatical Exerpts Distilled, Part 4: Specia
Saul Epstein 
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:47:21 -0500

Gist of "Grammatical Proposals Part 6: Specia,"
     + from "Part 7: Sev Trek 1"


Deixis Markers from Original ZC

    i  this here   (perceptible/extensional short distance)
    e  this near   (imperceptible/intensional short distance)
    a  that there  (perceptible/extensional medium distance)
    o  that there  (imperceptible/intensional medium distance)
    u  that yonder (long distance)

Proposed Relative Duration Markers

    ri  very long time
    re  long time
    ra  medium amount of time
    ru  short time
    ro  very short time

Proposed Temporal Contour Markers

    ga   regular interval
    iga  irregular interval
    ba   frequent periodicity
    zha  habitual periodicity

Proposed Temporal Phase Markers

    ba   premature initiation  - before expected start of an event
    chi  initiation            - the beginning of an event
    no   postmature initiation - after expected start of an event
    cu   duration              - an interval within the event
    mu   continuity            - any instantaneous point within an
                                     event
    vza  suspension            - pause during the event
    gzo  resumption            - resumption of the event after a
                                     pause
    di   premature completion  - completion of an event before it's
                                     predicted end
    kse  completion            - the end of an event.
    pe   postmature completion - completion of an event after it's
                                     predicted end

Proposed Prepositions

          w/ Locative          w/ Destinal
    ji    in front (of)        forward
    je    behind               backward
    jah   on the left (of)     leftward
    jo    on the right (of)    rightward
    ju    above                upward
    ja'   below                downward
    wi    north (of)           northward
    we    south (of)           southward
    wa    east (of)            eastward
    wo    west (of)            westward
    wie   within/between       into
    lou   surrounding          orbiting
    mai   transfixing/inside   passing thru
    hei   next to              (moving) while next to
    diu   bordering            (moving) along the border of
    chi   adjacent (to)        along
    thu   towards              arriving at
    qia   away from            departing from
    rei   inward (from)        approaching
    gae   outward (from)       receding
    shoi  tangential (to)      passing by
    cu    coincident (with)    (moving) to intercept/coincide with

Proposed Relative Distance Markers

    fi  very short
    fe  short
    fa  medium
    fu  long
    fo  very long

Proposed Spatial Phase Markers

    hui   beyond the place of
    rie   throughout the place of
    fea   on this edge of
    kao   at the point of
    ksi   at the far end of
    xou   up to the edge of
    cho   too far beyond
    ngi   nowhere
    ha    everywhere
    za    entire interval

Pronoun Particles from Original ZC

    w   masculine
    wl  feminine
    n   neuter

Proposed Pronoun Particles

    w  sentient (optional: +r=male; +l=female)
    n  insentient

Proposed Dimensionality Particles

    ma   point
    we   line
    ba   plane
    ho   solid
    shu  4-d manifold (i,e. like space-time)
    vi   5-d manifold (beyond time and space)

Proposed Periodic Spatial Contour Markers

          (linear)        (planar)     (spatial)
    ni    straight        flat         smooth
    de    sloped          tilted       askew
    cha   curved          round        spherical
    sro   sine wave       rippled      lumpy/bumpy
    qe    triangle wave   trianglish   tetragonal pyramidic
    he    square wave     squarish     cubic

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