[87133] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 25 15:04:04 2009
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:02:35 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <f1d476f10911251058i175ca7afsb2e60b16ea62f4b@mail.gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
> On the other hand, it can be harmFUL when the person doing it doesn't
> yet recognize the difference between the pronoun {'e'} and the noun
> suffix {-'e'}, or thinks {vIlamHa' choHmoH} has a valid meaning.
Harmful how? So they make a mistake? Non-linguist newbies make mistakes
like those all the time. Exactly what damage will a linguist do if he
misapplies a linguistic theory to Klingon? Why can't we just point out
where or why the theory doesn't hold?
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