tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 12 08:16:36 1999
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RE: Aspect
- From: Liam Boyle <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Aspect
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:16:48 -0800 (PST)
nuqneH
I would like someone to talk to in Klingon, it would have to be basic
to start with, just a few phrases and stuff, I only know a very small
amount, in fact just the first 3 verb types but I'm learning fast.
If you would like to teach me please respond soon.
Qapla
what would klingon strike force be? would it be
tlhIngan mup raD
---Holtej <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> > What I said in passing was that I've heard phrases like "for my
father" or
> > "because of the wind" referred to as "adjects". I didn't intend for
> anyone
> > to go off on a tangent chasing down the term. Whether or not it's a
> "real"
> > term in contemporary grammar is irrelevant to the task of coming
to a good
> > understanding of Klingon noun suffixes.
>
> I believe the term you're looking for here is 'adjunct.' In the
formal
> theory of linguistics where I do my work, it describes a constituent
phrase
> that is not an argument (that is, is not receiving thematic roles)
from
> another element. So, a sentence like "I made coffee for my father,"
the
> verb "make" assigns roles to the subject, "I", and the object,
"coffee."
> Although the PP "for my father" is modifying the verb "make," it's
not one
> of its arguments.
>
> -- Holtej 'utlh
>
>
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