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> > The valency terminator "doku" is used to close exactly one level of > argument structure each time it is used. Since it is not always known > how many times it must be used to close all the currently open > argument structures, as before a vocative, how about creating a new > valency terminator to close all currently open argument structures at > once. This way it would not be necessary to repeat "doku" an > indefinite (and possible insufficient) number of times before using a > vocative, for example. Thus the example in K-E for "dayva" would > become (using "raku" as the new terminator): > "Doku" is only needed for machine translation, and the software will always know exactly how many terminators are required (assuming, of course, that it parses the input correctly). I don't consider this a problem. > > In K-E you use the term "snow out" under "mamyaxasnolta"*. I'm > unfamiliar with this phrase. How is this different from just snowing? > Does it mean 'snowing outside'? > It means that it's snowing in the implied environment, which, in almost all cases, will mean 'outside'. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.srv.net/~ram http://www.eskimo.com/~ram