[93162] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Variant word order
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID jonpIn)
Sun May 6 11:03:15 2012
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W34B952CAF4FAA43F298E98AA120@phx.gbl>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 17:02:59 +0200
From: "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
QeS 'utlh:
> laS veghaS HIltonDaq {Hov leng: yIjeSchu'} qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH HIlton
> yIghoS.
> "Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The Experience" at the
> Las Vegas Hilton."
> [...]
> qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS
> "in the Year of Kahless 846" ('u' Invitation)
>
> I wonder if we might be seeing a rare construction in which the subject is
> brought to the front to emphasise it or bring it into focus. Both of these
> are from pretty heavily emphatic contexts.*
They're also both from invitations. Perhaps like {-jaj} with toasts,
{qaS} on invitations follows special grammar.
> * Outside the game, of course, I realise this is just a canonised mistake.
> But it's fun to ponder. :)
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De'vID
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