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Re: Positioning for emphasis

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Friday, September 14, 2007, 12:21
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@...>