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To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 91 15:54:30 MET
Resent-From: MICHAEL EVERSON <MEVERC95%IRLEARN.UCD.IE@ICNUCEVM.CNUCE.CNR.IT>
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Apologies, I tried to respond directly, but it didn't go through. Can the
reply to messages from this list be set to go directly to the list?
Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: +353-1-706-2745
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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 91 14:51:06 GMT
From: MICHAEL EVERSON <MEVERC95%IRLEARN.UCD.IE@ICNUCEVM.CNUCE.CNR.IT>
Subject: Re: grammar
To: "Paul E. Black" <paul@beehive.beehive>
In-Reply-To: Your message of 24 Dec 91 18:37:26
On 24 Dec 91 18:37:26 you said:
>Thanks, Michael Everson, for the beginning of a Klingon Grammar. The
>production form widely used in computer science using a little different
>style. It uses [...] to mean option, * to mean 0 or more, and + to
>mean 1 or more. The grammar is then
>
Um, what are you thanking me for?
I'd be careful equating grammar with syntax. Be not deceived by Chomsky.
>S ::= [AdvP] [NP] V [NP] [Conj S]
> S means sentence
> NP means noun phrase
> V means verb (word)
> Conj is a conjunction
> AdvP means adverb phrase
>Conj ::= { 'ej | 'ach | qoj | pagh }
>NP ::= N
>
>Paul E. Black Voice: +1 408 946 6537
>2119 Lakewood Dr Domain: beehive!paul@cirrus.com
>San Jose, California UUCP: ...!oliveb!cirrus!beehive!paul
>USA 95132-1026 37 24 31 N / 121 52 53 W
Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: +353-1-706-2745
