[YG Conlang Archives] > [jboske group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
Jorge: > (Another possibility > might be to postulate that every predicate is cyclical, so that > after the last place, places start repeating for the same arguments. > So in a predicate with 3 places x4=x1, x5=x2, and so on. This > sometimes could simplify the reordering of places.) This is a good suggestion, because it gives useful interpretations to well-formed grammatical structures that previously lacked them, while also enhancing the range of expressive possibilities (i.e. the range of unmarked word orders). --And.