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Re: [engelang] reformulating the core grammar

selpa'i, On 08/10/2012 14:00:

Secondly, what is the "y" doing in the stems? Is this for compounds? The
parser tells me that "cktykxa" is a formula, so I assume it's for compounds.


Is that Mike's "tanru" idea, which I was in favour of? The "y" separates roots in ad hoc complex stems.

Thirdly, if I'm reading the grammar correctly, then "qaeiouq" is a legal
stem and so is "qq". Is that true?


I won't comment on what the grammar says, and the legality of "qaeiouq" is primarily a phonological question. We haven't agreed on a phonology, but in the rules I proposed "qaeiouq" would not be legal, because "a" cannot be followed by "e".

As for "qq", it would be legal -- maybe a good choice of stem for an arbitrary predicate like "broda" or "thingy".

--And.