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==== Grammar ==== | ==== Grammar ==== | ||
The | The lexicon of the original Ithkuil consisted of the same pattern as the current form of the language. However, each root consisted of 2 consonantal ''radicals'', and could derive thousands of lexemes through the use of Ithkuil's complex rules of morphophonology, which involved both consonantal and vocal mutation, shifts in syllabic stress and tone, and affixation. | ||
Ithkuil words can be divided into just two | Ithkuil words can be divided into just two parts of speech, ''formatives'' and ''adjuncts''. Formatives functioned both as nouns and as verbs, depending on the morpho-semantic context. Formatives were inflected for the current grammatical categories, plus 2 ''foci'', and 81 ''cases''; they could also have taken on some of the 153 affixes, which further qualified into one of 9 ''degrees''. Verbal formatives were additionally inflected for 7 ''conflations''. | ||
''Verbal adjuncts'' similarly worked in conjunction with adjacent formatives to provide additional grammatical information. Two types of verbal adjuncts were inflected to indicate 14 [[Valency (linguistics)|''valencies'']], 6 ''versions'', 8 ''formats'', 37 ''derivations'', 30 [[Linguistic modality|''modalities'']], 4 [[Comparative|''levels'']], 9 [[Evidentiality|''validations'']], 9 ''phases'', 9 ''sanctions'', 32 [[Grammatical aspect|''aspects'']], 8 [[Grammatical mood|''moods'']], and 24 ''biases''. | ''Verbal adjuncts'' similarly worked in conjunction with adjacent formatives to provide additional grammatical information. Two types of verbal adjuncts were inflected to indicate 14 [[w:Valency (linguistics)|''valencies'']], 6 ''versions'', 8 ''formats'', 37 ''derivations'', 30 [[w:Linguistic modality|''modalities'']], 4 [[w:Comparative|''levels'']], 9 [[w:Evidentiality|''validations'']], 9 ''phases'', 9 ''sanctions'', 32 [[w:Grammatical aspect|''aspects'']], 8 [[w:Grammatical mood|''moods'']], and 24 ''biases''. | ||
====An example of morphological analysis==== | ====An example of morphological analysis==== |