[Tlhingan-hol] Multiple Adverbials (was Re: Piraha)

[qunnoQ HoD]

this may be like an tiny/insignificant volkswagen beetle,trying to take
part at a ferrari/lamborghini exhibition, but still I would like to ask why
we said
{vagh rep ret} instead of {vagh repmey ret}..

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:33 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 11/2/2015 3:29 PM, Lieven wrote:
>
>> As far as I know, and you certainly agree, there are different kinds of
>> adverbials: Some of them tell WHEN something happens, some tell HOW
>> something happens.
>>
>> I believe that Okrand did not think of classifying them like that - to
>> keep TKD short - so it's still possible that these must have some kind
>> of order (this need to be verified and proven).
>>
>> My theory is that adverbs of the same type cannot occur on the same time:
>> {DaH tugh maSop} makes no sense
>> {DaH nom maSop} does make sense
>>
>
> What you're describing is a semantic difference, and there may or may not
> be merit to it. TKD, however, describes only the syntactic function of
> certain types of {chuvmey}.
>
> The question boils down to: can you put multiple words in front of the OVS
> sentence that are not nouns or verbs? Answer: yes, if we believe the
> {paq'batlh} is not taking artistic license.
>
> Are we restricted as to what those words mean? That's a question of
> semantics. There are certainly combinations that don't make sense, but you
> can't outright declare them ungrammatical. Colorless green ideas sleep
> furiously, and all that.
>
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