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Re: Positioning for emphasis

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Friday, September 14, 2007, 16:42
On 9/14/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/14/2007 7:42:35 AM Central Daylight Time, > philip.newton@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > On 9/14/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> > > wrote: > > > Klingon has a very rigid word order. It's OVS. > > > > It does let you front a topic, though, so I daresay one could replace > > {yaS qIp puq} "the child hit the officer" with {puq'e' yaS qIp} "As > > for the child, (it) hit the officer". I don't think you'd have to use > > a resumptive pronoun. > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> > > > > I don't think you even could use a resumptive pronoun (which I've never heard > used in connection with Klingon).
You've never heard the term used in connection with Klingon, or you've never heard a resumptive pronoun being used? Generally, Klingon seems to like resumptive pronouns or even repeated nouns, at least in situations such as {yaS legh puq 'ej ghaH qIp ghaH} "the child sees and hits the officer" (literally, "the child sees the officer and it hits him"), {jagh luHoHmeH jagh lunejtaH} "They are searching for the enemy in order to kill him/her" (literally, "...in order to kill the enemy"). The pronoun can be left out, but Klingon seems to like leaving in the noun or replacing it by a pronoun more than, say, English. At least, that's the impression I got from TKD.
> A pronoun in the position of a resumptive > pronoun would likely be considered a different entity from the one in the > fronted topic.
That's possible.
> But yes, topics can be used for emphasis. > > {jIlugh'a'?}
jISovchu'be'. -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>