Re: Comments on Tokana Reference Grammar

> On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, John Cowan wrote:
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> > An astounding work!  Truly remarkable depth of coverage.
> > I think Tokana takes the prize for Most Documented Artlang to date.
Definitely agree.  I felt that this summer when Matt sent me his paper
copy of Tokana.  If only I could get all of Teonaht up.  It exists in
paper copy, but it's full of errors.

BTW, I'm having no problems whatsoever with the major links--I use
Netscape Communicator.

One of my favorite features of Tokana is the conflation of determiner as
"article" and determiner as "pronoun."  I wish I'd thought of that for
Teonaht.  It's actually not a foreign concept at all (our own articles
deriving from demonstrative pronouns), but it seems so neat and efficient
in Tokana.  And as I've said before, putting a determiner in front of
proper nouns seems eminently sensible--I might do same for T, especially
as the articles carry much of the weight of the volitional/non-volitional
distinction.

Many other things to praise as well.

Bon voyage, Matt!
Sally
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Sally Caves
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Li fetil'aiba, dam hoja-le uen.
volwin ly, vul inua aiba bronib.

This leaf, the wind takes her.
She's old, and born this year.
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