tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 08 21:41:28 2004
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Re: nom ghel, nom jang
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- Subject: Re: nom ghel, nom jang
- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:31:04 -0500 (EST)
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> I *did* mean {-taH}. The process of acquiring a native/first language
> takes years. It is an ongoing, continuing process. A child goes through
> several phases - single-word utterances, holphrastic utterances, and so
> on. It really is an ongoing process. And {-taH} here is better than
> {-lI'} becuase the child isn't *trying* to learn the language; it just
> happens.
-lI' doesn't imply intent. It implies that there is a known ending point.
DloraH