tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 11 12:13:44 1997
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Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 311
Nick Nicholas writes:
>...The fact that this is a first mention, however (i.e. new information in
>the mini-discourse) suggests to me a topic-use of -'e' here is unlikely. (You
>don't say "As for the Klingon painstick" out of the blue, usually...)
However, on a card titled "Klingon painstick" you might do just that, which
is why I considered this use to be a prime candidate for the "topic" idea.
The real "first mention" is in the title of the card itself.
-- ghunchu'wI'