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== | There are several terms in Brooding which don’t have a definitive part of speech, but which are referred to broadly as “semantic frames” or “frame words.” Much like verbs, frames have a “slot” in which other words can be inserted to change the meaning in various ways. The frames, however, rarely have an exact definition of their own; they merely colour the semantic area of whatever terms are slotted into them. | ||
Semantic frames are circumfixes, generally structured like verbs – that is, a key vowel, a slot, and then a CVC suffix, e.g. ''[[Contionary: e-…-neem#Brooding|e-…-neem]]'' refers to life, so adding it to the noun ''[[Contionary: lif#Brooding|lif]]'' ‘motion’ you get ''[[Contionary: elifneem#Brooding|elifneem]]'' ‘to move around, to squirm’. Unlike verbs, however, frames can sometimes drop their key vowels and occur as simple suffixes, e.g. ''[[Contionary: lifneem#Brooding|lifneem]]'', with no ''e-'', is ‘movement’ (an exact synonym of the nominalized form ''[[Contionary: endlifneem#Brooding|endlifneem]]''). This kind of frame prefix-dropping is even more common with nouns and adjectives. ''[[Contionary: e-…-fik#Brooding|E-…-fik]]'', which refers to mythology, forms the basis for the names of most cryptids, but only the suffix is used, e.g. ''[[Contionary: leekonfik#Brooding|leekonfik]]'' ‘unicorn’ or ''[[Contionary: nimfik#Brooding|nimfik]]'' ‘nymph’ (literally: “glowing cryptid”). | |||
Some common semantic frames: | |||
*''[[Contionary: a-…-tag#Brooding|a-…-tag]]'' ‘death’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: aa-…-ben#Brooding|aa-…-ben]]'' ‘perishability’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: ae-…-din#Brooding|ae-…-din]]'' ‘landmarks’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: au-…-khoom#Brooding|au-…-khoom]]'' ‘department’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: e-…-fik#Brooding|e-…-fik]]'' ‘mythology’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: e-…-neem#Brooding|e-…-neem]]'' ‘life’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: i-…-wir#Brooding|i-…-wir]]'' ‘music’ | |||
*''[[Contionary: o-…-booh#Brooding|o-…-booh]]'' ‘haunting’ | |||
=== Interlace Frames === | |||
There is a rare type of frame, applying only to verbs, which does not use a basic “verb” format circumfix, but instead consists of an infix that goes in the verb slot and a suffix at the end of the verb stem. For example ''[[Contionary: -k-…-wik#Brooding|k-…-wik]]'' is a sort of agentive for which creates a formal title, e.g. ''[[Contionary: uhnaach#Brooding|uhnaach]]'' ‘to teach’ + ''[[Contionary: -k-…-wik#Brooding|-k-…-wik]]'' → ''[[Contionary: uhknaachwik#Brooding|Uhknaachwik]]'' ‘Professor, Teacher’ (as a title). (Teacher in a general sense would be ''[[Contionary: uhlnaach#Brooding|uhlnaach]]''.) | |||
== Compounding Words == | == Compounding Words == | ||