Category: Syntax
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The Ancestral Phrase
The Ancestral Parts Of Speech There were no meaningful differences between the parts of speech in Ancestral. In theory, at least, every Ancestral word was a versatile verb quite capable of performing any role in any sentence. An Introduction To The Ancestral Phrase The Ancestral language distinguished between two categories of phrase: The Content Phrase […]
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The Ancestral Clause
An Introduction To The Ancestral Clause The Ancestral language distinguished between three distinct categories of clause: The Initial Mood Clause The Content Clause The Final Mood Clause An Introduction To The Ancestral Content Clause Each Ancestral content clause was predicated upon one main event and delineated with up to four distinct categories of supporting role. […]
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The Ancestral Sentence
An Introduction To The Ancestral Sentence An Ancestral sentence could contain any or all of the five categories of clause, in this order: First Clause (Mood/Evidence/Discourse) Second Clause (Content/Theme/Topic) Third Clause (Content/Rheme/Comment) Fourth Clause (Content/Meme/Takeaway) Fifth Clause (Final Mood/Evidence/Discourse) The Ancestral First Clause If present, the first clause expressed the narrator’s introductory perspective on the […]