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## Proposal 2 | ## Proposal 2 | ||
- | Schematic, with each correlative being predictable from its meaning by a combination of two words, along the lines of Esperanto' | + | Schematic, with each correlative being predictable from its meaning by a combination of two words, along the lines of Esperanto' |
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## Proposal 3 | ## Proposal 3 | ||
- | Schematic, with all of the correlatives predicable from their function, but more reflective of the reference langs. This is possible due to some schematic-ness already existing for historical reasons. For example, in English, most interrogatives start wh- and most definites start with th-. Some locatives end in -ere, and some correlatives about things end in -at. This accurately predicts " | + | Schematic, with all of the correlatives predicable from their function, but more reflective of the reference langs. This is possible due to some schematic-ness already existing for historical reasons. For example, in English, most interrogatives start _wh-_ and most definites start with _th-_. Some locatives end in -ere, and some correlatives about things end in _-at_. This accurately predicts |
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### Disadvantages | ### Disadvantages | ||
- | - The system is not perfectly followed in the reference languages (" | + | - The system is not perfectly followed in the reference languages (_" |
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