tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 28 04:14:36 1997
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semiotic continua (was "RE: KLBC: winners/losers")
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: semiotic continua (was "RE: KLBC: winners/losers")
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:13:53 -0800
Steven Boozer ([email protected])wrote in response to the original
post:
> We actually have an antonym verb luj "fail, lose (a competition)"
> discussed by Okrand in HolQeD 2.2, which produces lujwI' "loser". If
> anything, *Qapbe'wI' is something like a "non-winner." Qap and luj are
> explicitly contrasted in The Klingon Way (p. 56):
>
> bIlujlaHbe'chugh bIQaplaHbe'
> If you cannot lose, you cannot win.
This pair is another reminder to me of a paper I want to write on Klingon
semiotic continua and the semantic space created by the suffixes <<-be'>> and
<<-Ha'>>.
Consider the following task:
You have a continuum with <<Qap>> and <<luj>> as the end points. Where along
this line, and in what order, will you lay out <<Qapbe', QapHa', QapHa'be',
lujbe', lujHa'>>, and <<lujHa'be'>>? There's potential for some very subtle
distinctions in meaning here (most especially because of <<-Ha'>>).
Just thought I'd try and stir something up for the weekend.
Lawrence
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