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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote: > > > Some French Jesuits made extensive and rather insightful > record of the Huron and their language. Unfortunately they > are extinct *here* due to the Six Nations Iroquois, but > maybe not *there*. Anyway if you are in Québec(*) now you > should be able to find info on Huron, and Montagnais is of > course still a living language! Unfortunatly, I'm still in Australia for the time being > For instance what if the distinction between inalianable and > alienable possession which worried the Jesuits so much -- > because one couldn't speak of an inalienable Father or Son > in the Native languages -- got integrated into Laurentian? > Not to speak about inverse/direct mood -- which would go > well with the loss of verbal person -- and noun > incorporation! the alienable/inalienable possession means the different in speech between something which can change such as "my name" versus something which can't (normaly) like "my skin colour" ? being still a diletante in conlanging, could you explain or point me toward a text that explain what "moods" and "noun incorporation" mean > BTW: the iQuébec frames thingo doesn't work in Firefox > on Windows. They'd probably like to know! does it simply appear as a blank page or is the top frame absent ? > BTW 2: There is no "h" in "etymology", even though it's > of Geek etymology. oops. Marc Pasquin