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Re: jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe'

David Trimboli ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

Doq wrote:
> I have a really hard time taking this one early canon example and  
> running with it so far as to assume that it is okay to have a noun  
> function as head noun of a relative clause without that noun actually  
> being part of the relative clause.
> 
> You could easily say, "Well, I'm not saying that it is the head noun."  

I believe ghunchu'wI''s argument is that the head noun is described in 
TKD as being separate from the relative clause, and modified by it. His 
relative clause {maSoppu'bogh} "where we ate/we who ate" is modifying 
the head noun, {Qe'Daq} "at the restaurant."

TKD describes the structure as "relative clause plus head noun." The two 
form a unit that acts as a noun in the main sentence.

Of course, I too have a great deal of trouble extrapolating all this 
from one odd example and one English illustration that is never translated!

SuStel
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