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Re: Whatever Updated

From:Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>
Date:Saturday, July 22, 2006, 20:04
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:11:40 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
>Hi! > >Jeffrey Jones writes: >>... >> http://qiihoskeh.livejournal.com/71719.html >> >> I'm especially interested in hearing from those who found the original >> version confusing. > >That includes me, right? > >Errrm, I still don't understand it. When you describe -3I, -3D >etc. in the third section, I'm lost. What are those? What does 'A3 >takes' mean in this example (I understand that it is morphologically >extended by an affix, but why?). I also don't understand the 3rd >person actants. Unfortunately, I could not find hints in the >examples, either, because although they are morphologically broken >down, the explanation why the corresponding affixes are used is >missing. > >It would be very helpful to have an example for every new tag you >introduce, starting from the section 'Trivalent Words'. Please have a >sentence for -3I there, explain it, then have one for -3D, explain it, >etc. The information is too dense for me to follow. > >**Henrik >=========================================================================
Thanks for the detailed comment! This tells me what I need to know. I've made some changes, but it's going to take a lot of work to finish redoing the examples with commentary, and move them around. Jeff