li [Padraic Brown] mi tulis la ...
> >I have since found some more information, but it too is still
> >lacking some of the finer details I'd like to see.
> >Unfortunately it appears that this is one area that just hasn't
> >been explored much. There are some interesting things like
> >front vowels meaning "near" or "small", and back vowels meaning
> >"far" or "big". Consonants seem to follow a similar model. [b]
> >for "round", "bump", etc. [n] for "black", "dark", "no",
> >"nothing". Sounds like [pu] or [fu] usually meaning something
> >negative (like English "phooey").
>
> Have you devised any kind of list of "universal concepts" that would
> require these morphemes?
Yes, I have a table I'm working on that puts together
initials+finals to form the CV(n) morphemes, and which concept
is represented.
> >I've been using what I've found so far to create a chart with
> >some basic concepts that's I'm using for the current working
> >vocabulary while I do some more homework. This approach is only
> >for the most basic vocabulary. For more complicated terms which
> >will require a unique root, I'll probably use a label taken
> >loosely from a natural language, or maybe a composite like those
> >in Lojban.
>
> Not my cup o tea, but it certainly sounds like an interesting project!
> I do wish you luck in your quest for the universals.
Well, I'm still thinking that what I've found is probably all I
will find. It doesn't seem to be an area that has been well
researched. If nothing else, I can go with what I have, then
fill in the rest. I've also been looking into other related
subjects like synesthesia to see what known relation****ps sound
may have to other senses.
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