On 2/16/2022 6:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
SuStel:
I would expect all kinds of ceremonies, religious or otherwise, to use full Klingon: not only unclipped, but also with fewer nouns turning into pronouns and dropped pronouns
So, if I understand this correctly, when you say "with fewer nouns turning into pronouns", you mean that in the Melkor example, you'd expect someone to use more "Melkor" than {SoH}/{ghaH} when referring to him. And by saying "dropped pronouns" you mean that you'd expect someone to avoid using {SoH}/{ghaH} whenever referring to the god being worshipped, right?
Nothing so blatant. I just mean that formal language is a little less quick to take shortcuts, and I believe Klingon is no different in that regard. Formal language is usually also aesthetically pleasing language, so I would expect it to avoid cumbersome repetition of nouns and pronouns too. It's an art, not a science. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name