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on 4/24/02 7:16 PM, And Rosta at a-rosta@hidden.email wrote: >> on 4/21/02 11:04 AM, And Rosta at a-rosta@hidden.email wrote: >>> I'd say that associating part of speech with a particular CV pattern >>> is too restrictive. For the very short and high frequency words, there >>> need be no patterning of form and function at all, as these are basic >>> words to be learnt right at the outset. For longer and lower frequency >>> words, some patterning of form and function could be useful, but it >>> could involve particular Cs and particular Vs, rather than tying up >>> whole CV templates. >> I like this notion, I think. You're meaning like a set of question words like Loglan ha, hu, ho, etc.? Do any other categories spring to mind? -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txeqli/