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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question regarding purpose clauses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Mon Apr 30 16:44:26 2012
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From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:43:42 -0400
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote:
> The question really is: Is this evidence of a new grammatical tool that w=
e can employ when trying to express ourselves?
jISaHbe'. wIlo'chugh, ghaytan maQumchu'be'. maQumchu' vIneH. vaj
vIlo'Qo' jIH. qaq DuHmey pIm.
The answer to that question does not interest me.
If it is evidence of anything in particular, it is of a not
particularly effective tool. Employing that tool outside specific
contexts will result in our expressing ourselves poorly. There are
many such =ABnuH vaQHa'=BB in our toolbox. Trying to use them well might
be an interesting intellectual exercise, but I do not believe it
serves what I think is the goal of using language: communication.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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