Message-Id: <m0oIgWe-0001yVC@snark.thyrsus.com>
From: cowan@snark.thyrsus.com (John Cowan)
Subject: Re: Place structure paper, version 1.2
To: nsn@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Nick Nicholas)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 11:56:12 -0400 (EDT)
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> #10. Modal Relative Phrases: Comparison
> 
> I'd make that colon a semicolon; clearly relative phrases other than 
> comparatives follow the rules outlined in this section.

Fixed.

> It might be helpful to say here explicitly that "mau" without "ne" in a bridi
> actually means something different (comparison of predications), and thus that
> the "ne" needs to be inserted.

Done.

> #		gi'eseri'ake bevri le gerku gi'acabo bevri le mlatu
> Shouldn't that be "gi'adu'ibo"?

Done.

> #13.1)	mi nelci do mu'i le nu do nelci mi
> #places the "le nu" sumti in the x1 place of the underlying gismu "mukti",
> #namely the motivating event,
> 
> It may be helpful to give the 'paraphrase': "lenu do nelci mi cu mukti lenu
> mi nelci do"

Done.

> Again: "lenu do nelci mi cu se balvi lenu mi nelci do"

Done.

> #Contradictory negation involving BAI cmavo is performed by appending
> #"-nai" (of selma'o NAI) to the BAI.  A common use of modals with "-nai"
> #is to deny a causal relationship:
> #14.1)	mi nelci do mu'inai le nu do nelci mi
> #	I like you, but not because you like me.
> 
> Hm. The ma'oste typically says "despite" here; is there anything requiring
> clarification?

English "despite" I think claims the seltcita abstraction, whereas no
claim is made by 14.1.  A minor distinction.

> #To cancel stickiness, use the form "BAI ki ku", which stops any modal
> #value for the specified BAI from being passed to the next bridi.  There is
> #no simple w