Reduced Bare-Name Orthography
Theme: Foundations · 6 sentences.
NAM-001 · Reduced Bare-Name Orthography
S916 Derek built the machine.
S917 I saw Derek.
S918 Mira saw Derek's machine.
S919 I know that Derek built the machine.
S920 Derek, speak.
S921 Derek!
Batch Summary
Entries: S916–S921 · New vocabulary: none
| Entry | Tonesu | Written form | Key feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| S916 (NAM-001-A) | la-na Derek ka-be lo-mu |
lana Derek kabe lomu |
Reduced bare-name agent form |
| S917 (NAM-001-B) | la-mi se lo-na Derek |
lami se lona Derek |
Reduced bare-name patient form |
| S918 (NAM-001-C) | la-na Mira se lo-mu ne-na Derek |
lana Mira se lomu nena Derek |
Reduced bare-name relational form |
| S919 (NAM-001-D) | la-mi to [la-na Derek ka-be lo-mu] |
lami to [lana Derek kabe lomu] |
Embedded clause with reduced bare-name |
| S920 (NAM-001-E) | he na Derek, ka-si |
he na Derek, kasi |
Vocative speech-act form |
| S921 (NAM-001-F) | na Derek! |
na Derek! |
Bare exclamatory NP |
Key findings:
Finding 1: the spaced identifier survives all tested roles. Agent, patient, relation, embedded clause, vocative, and bare exclamatory NP all remain structurally clean with na followed by a separate identifier token.
Finding 2: the readability gain is real, not cosmetic. The reduced forms lana Derek, lona Derek, and nena Derek remain visually segmentable, while fused forms like lanaDerek or lonaDerek obscure the protected-name boundary.
Finding 3: no new grammar device is needed. The test pressure is orthographic and reader-facing, not structural. Existing grammar already handles the reduced bare-name NP; the corpus simply needed to make the spaced identifier convention explicit and cross-role.
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