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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Noun cases
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Mon Nov 28 19:12:55 2011
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:12:34 +0100
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To: Lucifuge Rofocale <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
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I'm not aware of such a "convention" in linguistics. Maybe that's a common
convention among conlangers, I don't know.
From a typological perspective, Klingon noun cases really aren't very
exotic. I don't see where MO might have tried to break any conventions
concerning noun cases.
2011/11/29 Lucifuge Rofocale <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
> > > Do you think that Marc Okrand may have deliberately designed the
> language to break the convention of
> > > noun cases?
>
> > What convention?
>
> The convention that nouns have to have recognisable declensions, following
> the model of Latin.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I'm not aware of such a "convention" in ling=
uistics. Maybe that's a common convention among conlangers, I don't=
know.<br>From a typological perspective, Klingon noun cases really aren=
9;t very exotic. I don't see where MO might have tried to break any con=
ventions concerning noun cases.<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2011/11/29 Lucifuge Rofocale <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk">fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk=
</a>></span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style=3D"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,ne=
w york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div class=3D"im">> > Do you think=
that Marc Okrand may have deliberately designed the language to break the =
convention of <br>
> > noun cases?<br><br>> What convention?<br><br></div>The convent=
ion that nouns have to have recognisable declensions, following the model o=
f Latin.<br><br><br> <div><blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px solid rgb(16=
,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px">
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