project Gamma: Inflectional Morphology

This supercedes the previous Morphology post ... and is already somewhat out of date. Last edited: 2006.Feb.12 Sat
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The dawn of Delta

This morning, while thawing out, I started yet another conlang sketch, project Delta. There will be three kinds of phrases:

* Definite Subjects and Definite Predicates
* Various kinds of additional phrases
* Other phrases (Definite Objects and all Indefinite Phrases)

The additional phrases are used for things like time, location, instrument or means, manner, etc. Indication as to whether an object phrase is definite or indefinite is made on the object's head. There will also be an indication as to whether or not an object phrase appears.

Note that I'm using "subject" and "object" in a purely syntactical manner; no roles are implied.

There will be three kinds of sentences:

Identity: Definite Predicate + Definite Subject
Definition: Indefinite Predicate + Definite Subject + any serial Predicates
Existential: Indefinite Predicate and Subject

Verb forms and noun forms are more or less indistinguishable, although there are differences between lexical verbs and lexical nouns as to which inflections apply (e.g. lexical nouns usually don't take tense or aspect).