Standardizing relativization in Dinka (and other languages?)

Angus B. Grieve-Smith grvsmth at panix.com
Tue Dec 13 18:33:20 UTC 2011


On Mon, December 12, 2011 12:09 am, john at research.haifa.ac.il wrote:
> It does, but it isn't used consistently, and it still wouldn't be nearly
> enough if it's just used for commas-for-breaks.

I was talking about the question mark, which corresponds to a particular
set of intonational contours in English.  If there isn't already a symbol
in the writing system you're using for Dinka that can reliably
disambiguate the relevant intonation contours, why not invent one?

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			-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
			grvsmth at panix.com



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