discovering the x words paris pp2013
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Basics of X-Word Grammar as presented tat International Linguistics Association meetings Paris, May 2014. PowerPoint v 2013TRANSCRIPT
Discovering the X-Words
Logo by David Marte
The X-Word Families
The Have Family
HAVE
HAS
HAD
The Do Family
DO
DOES
DID
The Be Family
AM
IS
ARE
WAS
WERE
The X-Word Families
The Pairs
CAN - COULD SHALL - SHOULDWILL - WOULD
The “M” Family
MUST MIGHTMAY
THE FIVE USES OF X-WORDS
1. Make questions2. Find the subject3. Make negatives4. Add tense (time)5. Add meaning
• Make questions
• Find the subject
THE FIVE USES OF X-WORDS
All isfair in love and war.
X
Is all fair in love and war?X
X
The SUBJECT is between the two X-Word places
Subject
Predicate
All is fair in love and war.
All that you can possibly do, whether noble or hideous, isX
fair in love and war.
X
Subject PredicateAll that you can possibly do, whether noble or hideous,
is fair in love and war.
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