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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Special forms of law' puS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Fri Aug 4 09:54:50 2017
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Here are the variants of *law'/puS* and other comparatives we've gotten
over the years.
A Q *law'* B Q *puS
*/A is more Q than B/
A Q *law' Hoch* Q *puS
*/A is the most Q of all/
Q A;*rap* B
/B is as Q as A/
Q A; *nIb* B
/B is as Q as A/ (connotes precision)
A Q *law'* B Q *rap
*/A is as Q as B/
A Q *puS* B Q *rap
*/A is as Q as B /(connotes disparagement, seldom used)
A Q *law'* B Q *nIb
*/A is as Q as B/ (connotes precision)
A Q *law'* B Q *law'
*/A is as Q as B /(connotes positive quality)
A Q *puS* B Q *puS
*/A is as Q as B/ (connotes negative quality)
A Q *law'* B Q *pIm
*/A's Q is different than B's Q**/(does not imply that one is more Q
than the other, only that their Qs are different)
A Q *law'be'* B Q *puSbe'*
/A is not more Q than B/
Furthermore, wordplay, ungrammatical but common, allows one to
substitute antonyms into the standard comparative and superlative
constructions where *law'* and *puS* normally go. If the positive
antonym is used in place of *law'* and the negative in place of *puS,*
you get the same meaning as the standard *law'/puS.* If the order is
reversed, you get /A is less Q than B./ The reversed version is seldom
used. Okrand does not give any examples of doing this with *Hoch* in the
B slot, but he says it can be done.
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<p>Here are the variants of <b>law'/puS</b> and other comparatives
we've gotten over the years.<br>
</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is more Q than B</i></p>
<p>A Q <b>law' Hoch</b> Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is the most Q of all</i></p>
<p>Q A;<b> rap</b> B<br>
<i>B is as Q as A</i></p>
<p>Q A; <b>nIb</b> B<br>
<i>B is as Q as A</i> (connotes precision)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>rap<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i></p>
<p>A Q <b>puS</b> B Q <b>rap<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B </i>(connotes disparagement, seldom used)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>nIb<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i> (connotes precision)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>law'<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B </i>(connotes positive quality)</p>
<p>A Q <b>puS</b> B Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i> (connotes negative quality)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>pIm<br>
</b><i>A's Q is different than B's Q<b> </b></i>(does not imply
that one is more Q than the other, only that their Qs are
different)<br>
</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'be'</b> B Q <b>puSbe'</b><br>
<i>A is not more Q than B</i></p>
<p>Furthermore, wordplay, ungrammatical but common, allows one to
substitute antonyms into the standard comparative and superlative
constructions where <b>law'</b> and <b>puS</b> normally go. If
the positive antonym is used in place of <b>law'</b> and the
negative in place of <b>puS,</b> you get the same meaning as the
standard <b>law'/puS.</b> If the order is reversed, you get <i>A
is less Q than B.</i> The reversed version is seldom used.
Okrand does not give any examples of doing this with <b>Hoch</b>
in the B slot, but he says it can be done.<br>
</p>
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SuStel<br>
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