Comments on: Localisation of linguistic terminology: occagram http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/ Bardi on the Web Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Sally http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17276 Sally Tue, 06 May 2008 08:23:55 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17276 You know Geoff O'Grady (Indo-Pacific fascicle 6) called nominal derivational affixes 'status quo suffixes'...so maybe here in Oz we should call them 'sherbet suffixes'. But he also said they were 'nondivisive' - which, for lovers of 70s Oz rock, Sherbet certainly are. Bonus points Claire for a music and linguistics joke in one?? You know Geoff O’Grady (Indo-Pacific fascicle 6) called nominal derivational affixes ’status quo suffixes’…so maybe here in Oz we should call them ’sherbet suffixes’. But he also said they were ‘nondivisive’ - which, for lovers of 70s Oz rock, Sherbet certainly are.

Bonus points Claire for a music and linguistics joke in one??

]]> By: Joe http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17267 Joe Thu, 01 May 2008 10:58:07 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17267 diminutive -> woosative augmentative -> balsative dubitative -> fnosative ergative -> fukertive absolutive -> bastative (formerly *bastardative though this became reduced via haplology, a variety of pissweakening) diminutive -> woosative
augmentative -> balsative

dubitative -> fnosative

ergative -> fukertive
absolutive -> bastative (formerly *bastardative though this became reduced via haplology, a variety of pissweakening)

]]> By: Piers Kelly http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17262 Piers Kelly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:46:38 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17262 Gary Ablative. Gary Ablative.

]]> By: David Marjanović http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17248 David Marjanović Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:23:01 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17248 I predict the squizzative will take on a life of its own, like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer" rel="nofollow">thagomizer</a> has done. I predict the squizzative will take on a life of its own, like the thagomizer has done.

]]> By: Claire http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17242 Claire Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:17:08 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17242 irrealis: yourdreamingative. irrealis: yourdreamingative.

]]> By: Q. Pheevr http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/localisation-of-linguistic-terminology-occagram/#comment-17241 Q. Pheevr Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:15:43 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-17241 Well, I don't know much Strine, but here are a few possibilities: PLT affirmative --> TBOT toorightative PLT anglicism --> TBOT pommicism PLT superlative --> TBOT corkative PLT distal --> TBOT backobourkative PLT calque --> TBOT cadge-translation PLT interrogative --> TBOT sussative Well, I don’t know much Strine, but here are a few possibilities:

PLT affirmative –> TBOT toorightative
PLT anglicism –> TBOT pommicism
PLT superlative –> TBOT corkative
PLT distal –> TBOT backobourkative
PLT calque –> TBOT cadge-translation
PLT interrogative –> TBOT sussative

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