Re: Back!

On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Paul Bennett wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I've been away from the list for a disgustingly long time, but I've
> still been reading some of the threads on the list, and I've been in
> equal parts enthralled, educated, amused and bamboozled.
>
> While I've been away, I've very heavily reworked Thagojian, and I'm
> in the process of making a reference grammar, based on the format
> given in Thomas Paynes "Describing Morphosyntax".
>
> I have a knotty terminological problem that I'd like some help with,
> if y'all'd be so kind...
>
> VPs in Thagojian take an obligatory proclitic which coordinates /
> indicates a whole big grab-bag of information.  I need a concise and
> descriptive name for this particle, based on the following
> descriptions:
>
> [snip]
This particle seems to do lots of auxiliary-type things, so why
not call it Auxiliary?

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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