[tlhIngan Hol] law' puS construction with law'

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Wed Oct 11 07:41:54 PDT 2017


On 11 October 2017 at 16:35, nIqolay Q <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> If mayqel is asking whether {law'} -- or {puS} for that matter -- can be
>> the Q element in a {A Q law' B Q puS} ("A is Q-er than B") phrase, then I
>> see no reason why not.  You would have to listen very carefully, to be
>> sure, but that might appeal to some speakers.
>
>
> Using the same word twice in a row might seem strange, but I don't think
> that that sort of thing is unheard of in natural languages.
>

I cannot not comment on the fact that that sort of repetition shouldn't
happen very very much.

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De'vID
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