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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/16/2018 10:55 AM, Felix
Malmenbeck wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:1542383737883.4109@kth.se">I don't
think it's been specified, but I don't think that the use of
explicit pronouns is emphatic from a grammatical standpoint.
However, using explicit pronouns may convey a sense of importance
to listener/reader when they don't add any information to the
sentence, as in «vIta' jIH.»; after all, the word doesn't serve
any clarifying function, so that really only leaves being in there
either for emphasis or for purely aesthetic reasons.<br>
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You can make this emphasis more explicit by using -'e', or
stressing the word «jIH».<br>
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On the other hand, in «vIghro'mey legh chaH.», the word «chaH»
helps to disambiguate the sentence, so you'd need something else
(-'e', tone of voice, form of speech, etc.) to make it emphatic.</blockquote>
<p>This is my take as well. TKD uses the terms <i>emphasis, focus,</i>
and <i>clarity </i>vaguely, without grammatical precision. It
calls <b>-'e'</b> <i>topic,</i> but then uses it as focus. I
think when TKD says "Pronouns may be used as nouns, but only for
emphasis or added clarity," it is exactly what Felix says: clarity
when needed, usable to provide emphasis by stressing it vocally.
It does not mean <i>focus</i> like <b>-'e'</b> does.</p>
<p>Notice also that the explanation of <b>-'e'</b> as focus shows
the difference. Ignoring for a moment the missing verb prefix and
the weird spacing, it says that <b>lujpu' jIH'e'</b> means <i>I,
and only I, have failed,</i> while <b>lujpu' jIH</b> means <i>I
have failed</i> with no emphasis of any kind. This is pretty
clear and explicit. The emphasis of not dropping a pronoun is in
its ability to clarify or spell out in careful detail what you
mean, and does not provide the sort of emphasis that is focus.<br>
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