[87251] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Adverb placement (was Re: The topic marker -'e')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri Nov 27 13:02:37 2009
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Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:00:45 -0500
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
> "separate and full" does not necessarily mean that it isn't embedded.
I see a clear contradiction between the words "separate" and
"embedded". Embedded means it is part of something. Separate means it
is not.
> In the English "I see that you went to the store," "you went to the
> store" is a separate and full sentence unto itself, but it is ALSO
> EMBEDDED.
On the other hand, in the Klingon sentences {Suy DaSuchpu'} and {'e'
vIlegh}, {Suy DaSuchpu'} isn't embedded.
If you consider that {'e'} is defined as a pronoun, not as a
complementizer, does that help you see the difference here?
-- ghunchu'wI'
