tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 19 16:18:29 1997
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RE: some tidbits qororvo'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: some tidbits qororvo'
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 97 23:24:53 UT
On Wednesday, March 19, 1997 8:16 AM, [email protected] on behalf of Dr.
Lawrence M. Schoen wrote:
> In this particular instance there's more at work than just grammar though.
We're
> told explicitly that Klingons are very touchy about the uses of the suffix
> <<-vIp>>, that there are taboos associated with it. Now you might argue
that
> this is actually support for a special use of it, since it is already a
marked
> suffix, and you could make a legitimate case for suggesting that. But in
the
> absence of any such evidence, the more conservative approach (i.e., don't
commit
> yourself one way or the other) would seem the better way to go here.
I agree entirely with Lawrence here (and I really like the Chomsky example),
but remember that the only taboos which we are told are associated with {-vIp}
are when the subject indicates "I" or "we."
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