20-11-2019, 03:14 PM
This is "high-level" report as opposed to "low-level" description in previous post.
1. The current hypothesis is that VMS is satirical book, with several literary devices used.
2. Latin language is quite friendly to abstract suffixes (for example aegrum > aegritūdō, aegrōtās, pigrum > pigritia, pigritās) and neat idea is to apply them freely to all words. Given also diminutives one can obtain a lot of funny neologisms with different beginnings but very typical endings.
3. Another feature is using figurative meanings of words (as in sale nigro). This obviously doesn't favor decoding process by adding new possibilities and producing some weird word combinations, but when the precise word meaning is known there is a little extra ambiguity.
4. The change in language of the VMS can be partly explained by restrictions put on suffixes used. Also suffixes themselves are similar (for example -iti- and -itāt-) and there are some interesting common points with other theories.
5. It's worth noting the number of rare elements on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - an-endings, o and aiin with "acute", sh with o, cto, and especially ainy-ending of the first word. It seems that in the beginning of the work author had concerns about ambiguity of his writing method and added "hints" for the reader. Later pages are more steady and by bathing section are becoming almost monotonous.
6. Also interesting to note that there is number of images where dark leaves are alternating with light ones. This may symbolize alternating in style (dark for biting, light for favorable).
1. The current hypothesis is that VMS is satirical book, with several literary devices used.
2. Latin language is quite friendly to abstract suffixes (for example aegrum > aegritūdō, aegrōtās, pigrum > pigritia, pigritās) and neat idea is to apply them freely to all words. Given also diminutives one can obtain a lot of funny neologisms with different beginnings but very typical endings.
3. Another feature is using figurative meanings of words (as in sale nigro). This obviously doesn't favor decoding process by adding new possibilities and producing some weird word combinations, but when the precise word meaning is known there is a little extra ambiguity.
4. The change in language of the VMS can be partly explained by restrictions put on suffixes used. Also suffixes themselves are similar (for example -iti- and -itāt-) and there are some interesting common points with other theories.
5. It's worth noting the number of rare elements on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - an-endings, o and aiin with "acute", sh with o, cto, and especially ainy-ending of the first word. It seems that in the beginning of the work author had concerns about ambiguity of his writing method and added "hints" for the reader. Later pages are more steady and by bathing section are becoming almost monotonous.
6. Also interesting to note that there is number of images where dark leaves are alternating with light ones. This may symbolize alternating in style (dark for biting, light for favorable).