[86784] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Sentences as objects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Nov 4 16:05:33 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:00:48 -0600
In-Reply-To: <504908.2979.qm@web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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qurgh:
>> I wouldn't see {QIj} as a verb of saying since, as Voragh
>> pointed out, you don't have to speak to explain something.
ter'eS:
>I'd love to see an example of this, because I'm having a very hard time
>envisioning a situation in which a speech act can be delivered without
>speaking, or something equivalent to speaking; since Okrand never really
One can explain in writing or an email (as we are doing here!). E.g.:
Okrand explained (KGT p. 149) that the object of {QIj} is that which
is explained, while the person to whom the explanation is given is
the indirect object.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
