Avalonian: Difference between revisions

Avalonian (view source)

258 bytes added , 13 November 2021

7,915

edits

@@ Line 478: / Line 478: @@
 ) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.
-) Essentially, any juncture between adjacent words involving word-final consonants or vowels or word-initial consonants or vowels are treated as if it was a consonant or vowel cluster within a word.
+) Between a word-final consonant and a word-initial consonant, an epenthetic /i/ is inserted.
+) Between a word-final vowel and a word-initial vowel, an epenthetic /ŋ/ is inserted.
 ==Morphology==
@@ Line 893: / Line 895: @@
 ) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb.
-) In relativised transitive verbs, the topical argument may be omitted.
+) Relativised verbs may not have topicalised arguments.
 ====Mood and Modality====
@@ Line 1,022: / Line 1,024: @@
 ==Syntax==
 ===Constituent order===
+) The canonical word order of Avalonian is VSOX. This is detailed as follows:
+verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase
+) Topicalisation or wh-fronting may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.
 ===Noun phrase===
 ===Verb phrase===