[87234] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Adverb placement (was Re: The topic marker -'e')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Fri Nov 27 00:32:00 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:31:08 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Christopher Doty wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:43, ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
>> "Embedded sentence"? I would expect that phrase to refer to the
>> pronoun {'e'} here.
>
> See the brackets in my previous email for why this clause is
> considered "embedded."
I see the brackets and I understand what you intend by them. I
disagree with that interpretation. See The Klingon Dictionary's
explanation of the Sentence as Object construction for why I consider
what you call "this clause" to be a separate full sentence and not
actually part of the sentence containing the {'e'}.
A SAO having {neH} as the second verb doesn't seem quite so
separated, so I find Kruge's line only a little odd instead of
outright wrong.
-- ghunchu'wI'
