tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 17 13:52:45 1996
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Nominalization
- From: David Barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Nominalization
- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 13:52:45 -0700 (MST)
Just a thought that most of you have probably already concluded.
It has to do with things like "personality, diversity, affection,
disgust, meaningfulness" and other stuff.
All those things are actually processes that we, as humans, have
turned into nouns, i.e., nominalized. Klingons HATE THAT!!
It seems, from the language, that Klingons are interested in
#1) Things you can touch, look at or put in Bird of Prey and
#2) What you can do with #1.
It is interesting to consider a language and a species that discourages
nominalization.
Comments welcome,
david
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