Re: Interesting vowel harmony system from Australia
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 15, 2004, 4:30 |
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Doug Dee wrote:
> I don't care much about the vowel harmony, but I was interested by the
> statement in section 3.2.1 that "personal names cannot be used in sentences." I
> wonder how they generally identify people without using names.
A kind of standardized "nickname", or distinction between "public name"
and "personal name", perhaps? Probably occuring along with a preference
for using titles such as "father", "shaman", "tribal leader", etc.
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