Re: New language Noygwexaal & Qthyn|gai

Rodlox R wrote:

> > How do you distinguish 'direct report' from 'hearsay'?  Qthyn|gai does >
>not do this [1] -- it generally seems impossible for the listener to >
>decide at least if evidence is optional.  Is it if the reporter uses >
>'direct knowledge' that you are allowed to use 'direct report', but if > he
>uses 'direct report', you'd need 'hearsay'?  What if evidence is > missing
>in the report? > > From Qthyn|gai, I explicitly eliminated any levels of
>hearsay, since I > didn't want politicians to have a means of expressing
>'from liable > sources' in grammar. :-) Futher, anything you know from
>media is > 'hearsay' in Qthyn|gai, never 'directly witnessed'. [2]
>
>
>so most people would use the "hearsay" form when talking about the
>existance of Antarctica, the nuclear bomb, and the War on Terrorism?
>
>just wondering.
From what I've understood of what Geoff Horswood said, I think he'd use
"tradition" in the sense of "Everybody says it so it is so"

He'd be better to answer this than me..


- Max