Vilani Grammar and Glossary

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Vilani Grammar and Glossary
Author Robert Eaglestone
Publisher Self Published
Version Generic
Format PDF
Language English
Pages 154
Year Published 2021
Canonical No
Available from File:Vilani Grammar and Glossary.pdf
Also See Vilani (language)


Vilani Grammar and Glossary explains the Vilani language. Its rules show how to write the Vilani language in a standardized way. Theoretically, a person could read and speak Vilani based on these rules. This is a technical document. It attempts to use linguistic terms correctly; this means the text is quite dense. Don’t be surprised if the terminology gets challenging. Most pages have examples intended to help illustrate concepts.

The document is divided up as follows. First, the alphabet is introduced. The major portion of the text comes next, where syntax is explained. It starts with the sentence structure, and then moves to verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and numbers. Next come semantic considerations, especially with verbs and nouns, but conjunctions, discourse, appropriateness, and knowledge are also touched on. At the end comes a glossary of about 5,000 terms.

Credits[edit]

Author
Robert Eaglestone

Table of Contents[edit]

Vilani Grammar and Glossary
Section Page/s
Introduction 6
The Vilani Alphabet 8
Syntax 9
Semantics 40
Glossary 50

Background[edit]

This book is a compilation of discussion on the Constructed Languages list and the TML over a period of years.

Many people have contributed to this grammar and its setting of use. Particular thanks go to G. “Kashkanun” Andersen, Rob Day, Rob Eaglestone, Eric Evans, Jo Grant, Rob Miracle, and Jeff Zeitlin, not to mention our Vilani scribe Kenji Schwartz.

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