A set of cards for Glossotechnia, so that it can be played with the Dvorak Engine. Not all cards have yet been copied into the page; so far we have the syntax cards and the vowels.
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Words should be represented by Things.
Card List
V2
Thing - Syntax
Verb second
The verb is the second constituent (not word) of each clause. Any of subject, object, adverb, prepositional phrase, etc. can precde it.
E.g.:
Ed cooks rice.
Rice cooks Ed.
Absendmindedly cooks Ed rice.
On the stove cooks Ed rice.
SVO
Thing - Syntax
subject-verb-object
E.g.:
Birds eat worms.
Authors write books.
SVO
Thing - Syntax
subject-verb-object
E.g.:
Birds eat worms.
Authors write books.
SOV
Thing - Syntax
subject-object-verb
E.g.:
Birds worms eat.
Authors books write.
SOV
Thing - Syntax
subject-object-verb
E.g.:
Birds worms eat.
Authors books write.
VSO
Thing - Syntax
verb-subject-object
Seeks Bilbo treasure.
Eats Trey mangoes.
VSO
Thing - Syntax
verb-subject-object
Seeks Bilbo treasure.
Eats Trey mangoes.
OSV
Thing - Syntax
object-subject-verb
E.g.:
Milk cats drink.
Rice Ed cooks.
Languages linguists study.
OVS
Thing - Syntax
object-verb-subject
E.g.:
Milk drink cats.
Rice cooks Ed.
Languages study linguists.
VSO
Thing - Syntax
verb-subject-object
E.g.:
Drink cats milk.
Cooks Ed rice.
Topic-comment
Thing - Syntax
What is talked about comes first in a sentence; what is said about it comes next.
Comment-topic
Thing - Syntax
What is talked about comes last in a sentence; what is said about it comes first.
Wildcard
Thing - Syntax
Specify a syntactic rule in force as long as this card is in play.
Wildcard
Thing - Syntax
Specify a syntactic rule in force as long as this card is in play.
Head-Modifier
Thing - Syntax
noun-adjective
verb-adverb
E.g.:
dragon scaly the
eats voraciously
Head-Modifier
Thing - Syntax
noun-adjective
verb-adverb
E.g.:
dragon scaly the
eats voraciously
Modifier-Head
Thing - Syntax
adjective-noun
adverb-verb
E.g.:
scaly dragon
voraciously eats
Modifier-Head
Thing - Syntax
adjective-noun
adverb-verb
E.g.:
scaly dragon
voraciously eats
Postpositional
Thing - Syntax
Postpositions follow their objects; postpositional phrases precede their heads.
E.g.:
shelf on books
Playable only if SVO, SOV, OVS, OSV or V2 is in play.
Prepositional
Thing - Syntax
Prepositions precede their objects; prepositional phrases precede their heads.
E.g.:
dragon in cave
Playable only if VSO, SVO, SOV, VOS or V2 is in play.
Prepositional
Thing - Syntax
Prepositions precede their objects; prepositional phrases precede their heads.
E.g.:
dragon in cave
Playable only if VSO, SVO, SOV, VOS or V2 is in play.
i
Thing - Phoneme
high front unrounded vowel
English "mach_i_ne"
i
Thing - Phoneme
high front unrounded vowel
English "mach_i_ne"
y
Thing - Phoneme
high front rounded vowel
French "t_u_"
German "f_ü_"
I
Thing - Phoneme
open high front unrounded vowel
English "p_i_ck"
ɨ
Thing - Phoneme
high central unrounded vowel
Polish "m_y_sz"
Approx. English "t_i_p"
a
Thing - Phoneme
low front unrounded vowel
French "p_a_tte"
German "R_a_t"
Approx. English "c_o_t"
u
Thing - Phoneme
high back rounded vowel
French "ou"
Approx. Eng. "sh_oe_"
u
Thing - Phoneme
high back rounded vowel
French "ou"
Approx. Eng. "sh_oe_"
ɯ
Thing - Phoneme
high back unrounded vowel
Turkish "_ı_l_ı_k"
Hixkaryana "k_à_r_à_"
Approx. Eng. "sh_oe_box"
e
Thing - Phoneme
close-mid front unrounded vowel
French "paté"
Approx. Eng. "may"
e
Thing - Phoneme
close-mid front unrounded vowel
French "paté"
Approx. Eng. "may"
o
Thing - Phoneme
close-mid back rounded vowel
Spanish "n_o_"
French "c_ô_te"
Approx. Eng. "s_o_"
o
Thing - Phoneme
close-mid back rounded vowel
Spanish "n_o_"
French "c_ô_te"
Approx. Eng. "s_o_"
ɔ
Thing - Phoneme
open-mid back rounded vowel
English "_ou_ght", "l_aw_"
ʌ
Thing - Phoneme
open-mid back unrounded vowel
English "th_u_s", "c_u_p"
ə
Thing - Phoneme
mid central unrounded vowel (schwa)
English "_a_go"
ɛ
Thing - Phoneme
open-mid front unrounded vowel
English "m_e_t"
ʊ
Thing - Phoneme
high back open rounded vowel
Eng. "l_oo_k"
æ
Thing - Phoneme
open low unrounded vowel
Eng. "t_a_ck"
ɑ
Thing - Phoneme
low back unrounded vowel
English "m_o_p"
ɑ
Thing - Phoneme
low back unrounded vowel
English "m_o_p"
ø
Thing - Phoneme
close-mid front rounded vowel
French "chant_eu_se"
German "b_ö_se"
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