Standardizing relativization in Dinka (and other languages?)
john at research.haifa.ac.il
john at research.haifa.ac.il
Mon Dec 12 05:09:50 UTC 2011
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.
John
Quoting Angus Grieve-Smith <grvsmth at panix.com>:
> On 12/11/2011 4:41 PM, john at research.haifa.ac.il wrote:
> > I'm sure that intonation does the disambiguation in speech. But that
> > doesn't help in writing.
> >
>
> You mean the writing system for Dinka doesn't have symbols for
> representing important intonational events, like this one?
>
> --
> -Angus B. Grieve-Smith
> grvsmth at panix.com
>
>
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