tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 15 00:51:05 1996
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Suffixes on relative clauses
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Suffixes on relative clauses
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:50:07 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
A.Appleyard wrote:-
> ... {... (lut legh 'e' Hech nuvpu''e')vaD ...} ... {lut legh 'e' Hech
> nuvpu''e'} is a relative clause used as a noun, and that noun wants a -vaD
> suffix: "for people who intend to see the story": where should the -vaD go?
"Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]> replied:-
> If you read the HolQeD interview with Marc Okrand on relative clauses ...
HolQeD vol4 #2 pp5-6.
Any use trying to find if Okrand will authorize this type of construction?
*{lut legh 'e' Hech nuvpu''e'vaD} for people who intend to see the story
*{lut'e'vaD legh nuvpu'} for the story which people see
*{lut'e'vaD legh 'e' Hech nuvpu'} for the story which people intend to see
Using two sentences seems to me to change the meaning somewhat: "for the story
which people intend to see" says which story out of several stories; but
"people intend to see the story; for the/that story" seems to me to imply that
there is only one story within the current area of discussion, and that the
first sentence is an aside.