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Re: Positioning for emphasis

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Positioning for emphasis
• Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:30:37 -0400
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Lieven Litaer wrote:

>>> How would you go about translating {puq'e' yaS qIp ghaH}, then?
> 
> I repeat: The SUBJECT comes at the END of the sentence, that's why I
> would read "s/he hits the officer" and then "the child" is flying
> around somewhere after the sentence.

The answer is simple: {puq'e'} is not the subject of the sentence. It is 
the topic. Topics, as well as locatives, from-phrases, beneficiaries, 
timestamps, and adverbials, come before the object.

{ghaH} is the subject. That {puq'e'} is the antecedent of {ghaH} is 
unimportant. This sentence is not ungrammatical.

SuStel
Stardate 7708.5

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