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Re: (LONG) Sketch by a novice, please criticize/help/flame/etc

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 23:10
Paul Bennett wrote:
> As to Evidentials, these particles are parts of a word or affix that gives > evidentiality (see "takhum" etc in the examples), as to what to call them on > their own, I really don't know. Truthificators??? :-)
There's no problem with using "evidential" to describe those, it's just that it's a fairly unusual system, I THINK. I'm not an expert on evidentials, so I could be grossly mistaken. :-) -- "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor