tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 19 11:58:46 1999
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Re: {X 'e' Y-lu'}
>From: Carleton Copeland <[email protected]>
>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:26:14 +-300
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>{X net Y-lu'} qelbogh nger wejDIch vIchup:
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>Inasmuch as both {net} and {-lu'} identify verb Y as having an impersonal
>subject, perhaps the combination is heard as redundant, thus rendering the
>more common {'e'} at least optional.
I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if some dialect (not necessarily
a current one, perhaps a past or future development of the language)
dropped {net} in favor of {'e' Xlu'}. In such a dialect, {net} would have
cultural marking, maybe sounding archaic or trendy or foreign... Just
musing. Wait till I ramble about possible phonetic/phonological changes in
other dialects... You don't have to go very far at all to wind up with
tonal varieties, weird laryngeal settings...
~mark