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Re: [katanda] new valency terminator



>
> 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