[Tlhingan-hol] Type 5 on first noun

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Thu Feb 11 06:55:24 PST 2016


SuStel:
> I don't accept that a word has been dropped, because Okrand tells us that
> "the form of language that was used for the paq'batlh is not conversational,
> but is a heightened form of language, one that conveys by its choice of
> vocabulary and turns of phrase the importance of the story being told."

Surely, this applies to the full-formed sentences within the text
itself, and not to headings and titles? After all, the book is called
{paq'bath} and it has sections called {paq'yav}, {paq'rav}, and
{paq'QIH}.

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De'vID



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