[83946] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Topic (was Re: Specifying distance traveled)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qa'vaj)
Sat Jan 12 02:02:23 2008
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:57:34 -0600
From: qa'vaj <darqang99@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <6133C541-C7DB-4353-855B-8100F290B5B0@embarqmail.com>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On 1/11/08, Doq <doq@embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> You are arguing for the interpretation I have always had of this
> example. It was what I used to justify {-'e'} as a marker for a header
> noun. That's what I mean by context. In the context of warriors in the
> galaxy, you are the greatest. Meanwhile, as you point out, there are
> no other examples of {-'e'} marking a noun hanging out in the header
> with no subject or predicate role.
>
> I think that QeS *is* arguing for the interpretation that you've always
had. I think the interpretation that you've always had is correct. ;)
I think the gist of the original issue with using {-'e'} for specifying the
distance isn't with your understanding of how the topic works, but rather an
objection to the fact that the distance (in many cases) isn't actually the
semantic topic of the sentence. Artificially marking distance to be the
topic might seem to work here while we're discussing how to solve the
'specifying distance' problem, but in another context it might be quite
confusing when distance really isn't the semantic topic.
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