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Re: vuo
la .and. cusku di'e
> But surely one gardenpaths on that. That is, you'd parse it as
>
> by e [lua dy] e gy
>
> until you hit {luu}, and then I guess you'd have to backtrack.
> Or is there some quirk of the grammar of LUhU that says it's not
> elidable before a sumti connective, so that if you want [lua dy] then
> you'd have to say:
>
> by e lua dy luu e gy
Essentially yes. Because LAhE/LUhU form parentheses that enclose a full
sumti, any connectives will be heard as belonging to the enclosed sumti.
> ? And the terminators are not elidable in
>
> by e lua lae dy luu e gy luu ne zy
Right.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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