tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 30 13:07:08 1998
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Re: How big is the vocabulary?
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: How big is the vocabulary?
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:05:59 -0600
At 12:02 PM 3/30/98 -0800, DloraH wrote:
>I included them in my list also; but the discussion is about determining the
>size of our vocabulary. We may include suffixed words in our lists but how
>should we count them in reference to vocabulary size?
>Should we count ghuHmoH because it was fortunate enough to make it into a
>glossary but not include jejmoH even tho its just as valid a word?
>
>MO said many more words could be listed with suffixes but he didn't feel it
>necessary to clearify every combination (plus limited book size). He listed
>the suffixed words that he did for us to use as examples, to make us open
>our minds to how ideas can be expressed by expanding our vocabulary with
>suffixed words.
>
I just don't know how we can reliably make a determination in every case.
For example, I would not have expected {lo'laH} to be classed as a single
word (i.e., _not_ simply the combination of {lo'} + {-laH}), except that
MO tells us it is.
-- ter'eS