Feb07 –  A Constructed Language

Feb07 Syntax

Phrases

Noun modifiers, except participles with free-standing arguments and relative clauses, precede the noun. Participles precede their arguments. The definite article appears only before a numeric modifier (which otherwise makes the phrase indefinite).

Determiner   Number   Participles   Noun   RelativeClause

Determiners

Clauses

The order of clause components is pragmatically determined, but SVO is the least marked order.

Main Clauses

The verb can have any finite tense; the future forms are semantically future.


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current date: 2013.Feb.20 Wed
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