[85702] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: chay' "Get out of the way!" ra'lu'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Jun 3 16:47:11 2009
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:43:19 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A69244BF4807@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Steven Boozer wrote:
> Actually my objection wasn't to the placement of conjunctions in
> general, but the placement/use of {pagh} "or else, either/or"
> specifically, which (to me) implies a choice between only two
> options: either/or. Using it with three options seemed odd...
> rather like speakers who misuse "on the other hand". E.g.:
I see. We shouldn't look at it as a logic problem though. In English we
can say, "I could be right, you could be right, or he could be right."
That's an exclusive or, but one with three possibilities.
I do not believe that /pagh/ or /ghap/ are allowed only two arguments.
--
David Trimboli
http://www.trimboli.name/
