[93165] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Variant word order
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qov)
Sun May 6 20:18:42 2012
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 17:12:01 -0700
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From: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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> > 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.
It could be a little bit like the
Time:
Occasion:
style.
Americans have at least one special rule for invitations. On formal
invitations they spell honour correctly. I have no idea why. Perhaps
when Webster decreed that Americans spelled things without the (u),
the rich had tonnes of "request the honour of your presence"
pre-engraved cards and it became a tradition.
- Qov
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