tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 21 03:33:46 1994
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...can of worms
- From: [email protected] (David Barron)
- Subject: ...can of worms
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 13:25:48 -0600 (MDT)
>I'm opening a topic for discussion here, just for the sake of
>seeing what feedback people will give.
>Are Klingon {-bogh} clauses descriptive or limiting? And
>adjectivals, for that matter. Certainly it has been proved that
>Klingon {-bogh} clauses are in no way really comparable to the
>relative clauses of IE languages.
>I would also like to ask about how one would go about negating
>adverbials and clauses.
>(If you're confused on any of these terms, you can look them up in
>elementary linguistics or grammar materials. They are not hard to
>understand once explained properly, but I don't want to waste
>bandwidth, since many here already know these terms, and I'm not
>the best at explaining to others technical terms and jargon.)
>Guido#1, Leader of All Guidos
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Qu'vatlh!!!
Okay, Guido#1, Most Youthfull Smartass, You have got me.
I looked through me AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE (4th ed) by
Victoria Fromkin and Robert Rodman and I cannot find out what You are
talking about jay'!
So if you or anyone on the list can walk me through an explaination
of this abstract concept you would lift a small portion of weighty
ignorance from an overburdaned mind.
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