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== Modular Language Architecture == | == Modular Language Architecture == | ||
This section will explore how a language could be broken down into modules. | This section will explore how a language could be broken down into modules. | ||
=== Module Breakdown === | === Module Breakdown === | ||
; [[wikipedia:Phonology|Phonology]] | ; [[wikipedia:Phonology|Phonology]] | ||
: Different sets of [[wikipedia:Phoneme|phonemes]] which can be used. | : Different sets of [[wikipedia:Phoneme|phonemes]] which can be used. | ||
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=== Module Hierarchy === | === Module Hierarchy === | ||
* Morphology | * Morphology | ||
** Written | ** Written | ||
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* Vocabulary | * Vocabulary | ||
* Structure, syntax, semantics | * Structure, syntax, semantics | ||
== The contents == | |||
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=== Syntax === | |||
==== Numbers and counting ==== | |||
* Representation | |||
*; Numerals as a part of speech | |||
*: numbers constitute a separate grammatical class | |||
*:* [[Lojban]]: (the selma'o (grammatical class) PA) | |||
*; Numbers as predicates | |||
*: numbers are cardinality predicates (‘x₁ is three in number’ etc.) | |||
*:* [[Toaq]] | |||
* Composition | |||
*; Concatenation | |||
*: values are expressed as a sequence of digits in positional notation | |||
*:* [[Lojban]]: ''pa re ci vo mu'' (lit. ‘1 2 3 4 5’) denotes the number 12,345 | |||
* Usage | |||
*; As quantifiers | |||
*: numbers attach to terms and scope over the sentence, signifying how many values of the term satisfy the sentence | |||
*:* [[Lojban]]: ''pa da'' (lit. ‘one something’) = ‘there exists exactly one thing that…’ |
Revision as of 22:04, 24 March 2020
Modular Language Architecture
This section will explore how a language could be broken down into modules.
Module Breakdown
- Phonotactics
- Different rules for how a phonology can be assembled into words.
- Writing System
- Structure, Syntax, and Semantics
- Vocabulary
- Provides set of non-core/non-syntactic/non-structural words with defined meanings
- Not attached to specific phonological forms
- Different vocabulary module instances could incorporate different philosophies
- e.g. world view for constructing composites:
- Have a word for 'tooth', or have a compound like 'mouth-stone'?
Module Hierarchy
- Morphology
- Written
- Writing System
- Verbal
- Phonotactics
- Phonology
- Phonotactics
- Written
- Vocabulary
- Structure, syntax, semantics
The contents
This article or section is a draft. Help us by fleshing it out.
Syntax
Numbers and counting
- Representation
- Numerals as a part of speech
- numbers constitute a separate grammatical class
- Lojban: (the selma'o (grammatical class) PA)
- Numbers as predicates
- numbers are cardinality predicates (‘x₁ is three in number’ etc.)
- Composition
- Concatenation
- values are expressed as a sequence of digits in positional notation
- Lojban: pa re ci vo mu (lit. ‘1 2 3 4 5’) denotes the number 12,345
- Usage
- As quantifiers
- numbers attach to terms and scope over the sentence, signifying how many values of the term satisfy the sentence
- Lojban: pa da (lit. ‘one something’) = ‘there exists exactly one thing that…’