tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 14 15:20:31 2002
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syntax
- From: Andrew Strader <[email protected]>
- Subject: syntax
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:19:17 +0000
- Organization: Decode
qon SuStel:
>Perhaps using {-Daq} on a following ordinal, which occupies the same
>position as a modifying quality - e.g. {veng wa'DIch}, {veng tInqu'} - is a
>variant of this rule. It may feel more natural for Klingons to put these
>particular noun suffixes on the modifier, even if it isn't a noun. Put
>them on the entire noun + modifier phrase in other words: {[veng
>wa'DIch]Daq}, {[veng tInqu']Daq}, etc.
I tend to agree that this is the most natural way to do it. I don't know if
anyone else has noticed, but what's genuinely interesting about this issue is
that if ordinal numbers do not displace type 5 noun suffixes the way that
adjectivals do then Klingon would be exhibiting crossing dependencies in its
syntax. :) I suspect that would have major implications -- surely more
significant than the meaning of SuD containing one warm color.
--
Andrew Strader