[Tlhingan-hol] mutually subordinate clauses?

[David Trimboli]

On 6/13/2012 7:54 AM, De'vID jonpIn wrote:
>
> ghunchu'wI':
>>> and {tujqu'choH QuQ} (TKD p.170),
>
> SuStel:
>> This is a better counter-example. I think the {-choH} is the
>> explanation, falling under the "usually" part of the rule you point
>> out below. It refers to an event starting and continuing. On a
>> timeline, it would be an event starting abruptly and spreading into
>> the future.
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if this weren't somewhere described as a
>> grammatical aspect with a particular name.
>
> The term of art is "inchoative":
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoative_aspect
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoative_verb

chong!

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