tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 17 21:22:01 1994
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Re: law'/puS
- From: Captain Krankor <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: law'/puS
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 12:46:07 -0700
Following up on mark's reply:
1) Yes, I support multiple adjectivals. Similarly, I support multiple
cascading noun-noun constructions.
2) I think mark misread the original question. Yes, you can use noun+adjective
in the A/B slots of a law'/puS. As far as I can see, you can use any noun
phrase, as complicated as you like. For instance, again, in our canonical
example, we have the A slot filled by Qam[taH]vIS Hegh-- "Death while
standing". If you read carefully the language that describes law'/puS,
it never actually says the A/B have to be nouns per se. It calls them
"the two things being compared". While "thing" implies "noun-ish", it
doesn't mean strictly "noun". So a full noun phrase definitely appears
to be legal, including nouns modified with adjectivals.
--Krankor