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On 3 Oct 2014 02:11, "Jorge Llambías jjllambias@hidden.email [engelang]" <engelang@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:34 PM, And Rosta and.rosta@hidden.email [engelang] <engelang@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>> 1. X are well
>> 2. Y is mother of Z
>> 3. Additive merge: Z&Y
>> 4. Intersective merge: (Z&Y)+X
>
> Isn't step 3 disallowed, since both ESAPs are from the same word?
>
>> 1. X is mother of Y
>> 2. Additive merge: X&Y
>> 3. Z loves Z's self [= inflectional reflexive]
>> 4. Intersective merge: Z+(X&Y)
>
>> 1. X is mother of Y
>> 2. Additive merge: X&Y
>> 3. Z loves W
>> 4. Intersective merge: Z+(X&Y)
>> 5. V du U
>> 6. Intersective merge: V+(Z+(X&Y))
>> 7. Intersective merge: U+W
>
> Again, is step 2 allowed in these?
ESAPs from the same predicate can merge additively but not intersectively. The rationale for that is simply utility and making best use of inflectional space. Even the ordering "mother and child are well" works thus:
X is mother of Y
Additive: X&Y
Z is well
Intersective: Z+(X&Y)
(In 2D-Livagian notation, which aims to be notationally minimalist, intersective is the only type of merger.)
--And.