Andrew Janssen wrote: > Jefferson wrote: > >>>What distinctions do you make with the verbs? >>> * Tense >>> * Completion (a/k/a perfection) >>> * Aspect (single act, act-in-progress, habitual act, repeated act) >>> * Mood (Indicative/Subjunctive/Negative/Imperative) >>> * Evidentiality >>> * Intransitive/Transitive/Reflexive >>> * Static/Dynamic (describes a state/reports a change in state) >>> * Deference between speaker & listener >> >> >>I'm playing around with these. I'd like to use most of them but there's a >>problem with the limited number of potential markers. > > Well, there's always the possibility of using color as a marker. It > wouldn't be practical for a common language, but for an arcane language? Hmmm. It's a thought. I've been thinking more about stone carvings, but inlays of different materials and colors could be interesting. I'll let the idea percolate for a little bit. >>>As an example, one Austronesian language has 4 past tenses and three >>>future tenses, plus present tense, allowing them to describe events on a >>>continuum of remote past, near past, yesterday, last night, this moment, >>>immediate future, near future, remote future. >>> >>>Given that the Glyphica Arcana are tied to magic, I'd say there >>>definitely needs to be a way of indicating imperative verb forms. >>>Perhaps the symbols for the Ones of the Ephermera in certain positions? >> >>Definitely need an imperative marker. Hopefully it will rather ornate. > > Heh. I suspect that most spells would incorporate the Ones of Flowers, > Cups, Lamps, & possibly ships somehow, with Flowers(Do!) and Lamps(Be!) > the most common. > > Are you familiar with the MAGE 2 MAGE spell system? Thanks. Interesting read, but not exactly my style. Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
