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* Loss of verbal binyan inflection, and use of verb-derived nouns (both old verbal nouns and less direct derivations, including reborrowings from CNtg) as verbs | * Loss of verbal binyan inflection, and use of verb-derived nouns (both old verbal nouns and less direct derivations, including reborrowings from CNtg) as verbs | ||
* Relative clauses are resumptive | * Relative clauses are resumptive | ||
* As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker derived from the Classical connegative determiner ''de''. | * As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker ''dean'' derived from the Classical connegative determiner ''de''. | ||
* SEA style | * SEA style serial verbs | ||
* Emphatic -nk (< miek) | |||
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Modern Netagin people usually have Classical Netagin names | Modern Netagin people usually have Classical Netagin names | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 16 September 2021
Modern Vernacular Netagin exists in a state of diglossia with Modern Classical Netagin. It exists in a sprachbund with Modern Windermere, Gwnax and other Bjeheondian languages.
Grammatical changes from Classical Netagin include:
- SAuxVO word order
- Loss of verbal binyan inflection, and use of verb-derived nouns (both old verbal nouns and less direct derivations, including reborrowings from CNtg) as verbs
- Relative clauses are resumptive
- As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker dean derived from the Classical connegative determiner de.
- SEA style serial verbs
- Emphatic -nk (< miek)
Modern Netagin people usually have Classical Netagin names