[980] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: epithets (taHqeq)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Jun 13 05:46:57 1993
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 04:25:53 -0400
>From Ken Beesley:
> > For `taHqeq` <my> analyser comes up with:
>>C:\LIT\KL>r
>>[Klingon -> English autotranslater, version of 23 Apr 1993]
>>Kl?taHqeq
>>- S:$%^&_epithet*
>>- V:be_at_negative_angle V:[practise|train|prepare]
>>- V:be_at_negative_angle N:drill_mil
>>- V:[continue|go_on|endure]* V:[practise|train|prepare]
>>- V:[continue|go_on|endure]* N:drill_mil
>I believe that the final four solutions are invalid, involving a verb
>compounding with another verb or with a noun. Unless I have missed something,
>such constructions are not allowed in the morphotactics of Klingon. Have I
>missed something? If I'm right, then a morphological analyzer for Klingon
>should not return these pseudo-solutions. I welcome correction.
You have missed nothing; you are absolutely correct. The last four
pseudo-solutions are not valid, for the reasons you point to.
--Krankor
