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Re: [ceqli] topic



On 10/16/05, Rex May <rmay@hidden.email> wrote:
> I'm thinking of making topic marking in Ceqli, this way:

> Maybe I could just have a particle, as in Japanese, that marks the
> topic.  Let's say ''tei"
>
> tei to xlaq pa tsanku to kanin.
>
> or maybe it should follow:
>
> to xlaq tei pa tsanku to kanin.

It should have the same position relative
to its headword as other modifier particles.
Don't most such particles precede
their head in ceqli?

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Jim Henry
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