tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 29 17:19:49 1996

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Re: Words for God

~mark writes:
>Use of relativizers for law'/puS constructions are on the list of things
>being asked Marc Okrand, at least they were a while ago.  In fact, I think
>he even answered that in my interview with him printed up in HolQeD.  You
>can't do relative clauses with law'/puS simply, he said.  You have to say
>"This commander is boldest.  That commander...." and so on.  Someone
>remember the HolQeD reference to give AA?

HolQeD 4:2, page 5: "Interview: Okrand on {-bogh} and more"

The bottom line is that {-bogh} seems only to work on normal subjects
and (direct) objects.  The {law'/puS} topic didn't actually come up
during the interview (at least it wasn't reported in HolQeD}; it was
about the possible use of a locative as the head of a relative clause.
But I can't really see {-bogh} working in a comparitive construction.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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