[Tlhingan-hol] Typographical conventions

[David Trimboli]

On 5/22/2012 8:53 AM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>
> Lieven, have I been confusing the issue  by using asterisks
>
> Sent from a mobile device through a temporary connection.
>
> On 2012-05-22, at 3:50, Lieven Litaer<lieven.litaer at web.de>  wrote:
>
>> Hi, to all,
>>
>> I would like to remind of the convention on how to mark fake words
>> (i.e. using asterisks), because if I am confused, I'm sure that
>> beginners might be even more confused.
>>
>> - I know that *pep'Ir* is not canon,
>> - I know that {pIqarD} is canon,
>> - I do not know if *mI'qoy* is canon.
>>
>> So please tell me the source for it, and remember using asterisks
>> in the future :-)

The common linguist's convention is to use an asterisk before a word or
phrase that is ungrammatical or theoretical. Words being discussed 
(rather than used as words) are italicized; on this list because we use 
only plain text we wrap such words in curly brackets. Do not wrap these 
words in asterisks when they're ungrammatical or theoretical; keep them 
in curly brackets and put the asterisk before the opening bracket or 
before the word you're marking. On this list, put English translations 
in double quotation marks.

For example:

I know that *{pep'Ir} is not canon; I know that {pIqarD} is canon; I do 
not know if *{mI'qoy} is canon. If *{pep'Ir} were canon, would I say 
{Qel *pep'Ir} or {*pep'Ir Qel}? {'ejDo'} means "starship," but there is 
no word *{'ej} "star" or *{Do'} "ship." Linguists theorize that Old 
Klingon may have contained a word *{Do'} "ship" which eventually became 
Modern Klingon's {Duj} "ship."

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