... Well, I think he certainly didn't just "copy" words (or change them a little) as others have done. However, in the course of writing he sometimes made up...
... Well, there may be a variety of reasons. Again, I did not say he used words to be exactly the same (phonetic calques). One possibility is, that he devised...
... I was going by my own feeling for the language, but I'll trust that a native speaker's _Sprachgefühl_ is more reliable than my own. My perception is most...
Aiya! We've recently discussed the question of ON _ndakro_ "slaughter, and a possible unknown _-ro_ non-agentive derivation. I have one more example to add: N...
... I don't find that obvious. It is not at all unheard of to have "double" suffixes in languages; for example, the English word "children" is a double plural...
Aiya! ... CFH> I don't find that obvious. It is not at all unheard of to have "double" CFH> suffixes in languages; ... Yes, you're right. I should have...
[This is drifting off topic for this list... CFH] ... To my language sensitivity - I am RATHER native, being born in Vienna, though of Scandinavian stock -...
Speaking of the topic - we have a Quenya word for "when", but do we have one for "if"? Hypothetical clauses are part of language structure, and such a one...
... You note the word _ai_ in _aiquen_. Since, indeed, the formation and meaning (as you say) resembles Latin _siquis_ very closely, I think there is a good...
... **Ok. Am looking forward to. ... **As I said I was not a phonetician. What I mean by palato-dentals is the sounds like _t', d'_ in Czech and Hungarian...
In VT nº43 on p. 29 was published a chart of prepositions and enclitic pronouns. I was wondering how others do interpret the following: ÓNI, ONYE "you...
... In my understanding, in "A with B" -- if used with _o-_/_ó-_ preposition -- A has to be either dual, which is why I wrote "you (both)"; or, if it did lose...
... Why do you think they are not subjects ? "You go swimming with me". While _me_ is in the oblique case here, its thematic role is certainly that of subject...
... 1) Yes and no. There are two different aspects (of relationship) here. A. The formal level. On the formal level, e.g. _elye_ might as well be accusative. ...
... Actually, its thematic role is that of coagent, which is not the same thing as agent. At any rate, I can't think of any language that would treat them...
... While this is true, it seems to me that the specific dual character of *WO > _ó_/_o_ was emphasized only later, in _Quendi and Eldar_. That Q&E was...
... From my reading of that page, the _ly_ seems to be the only possible reading. There is no cross-bar near it. Edouard Kloczko [Thanks for the information....
Hans wrote, in response to my statement that in _óni, óle_ "the ... One reason for assuming _óni_ contains acc. _-ni_ is phonological, and a key piece of...
Edouard Kloczko wondered ... In an appended comment Patrick Wynne noted that the phrasing of the question apparently ... To take up this thread, it is worth...
While Patrick Wynne presents reasons for his description of _-ni_ as "accusative in form", distinct from the "nominative ending . . . _-nye_" and from the...
With the very kind permission of the Tolkien Estate, I am pleased to be able to provide for download a PDF version of _Vinyar Tengwar_ issue 43, containing the...
... Would not _é_ in **_lé-ana_ have been reduced, as is usual in hiatus position? That is, can we tell from this single example whether subject and object...
... Coagent, aye, if you will. The *agent* part is what counts. ... Here, I think, you mix terminology. Indeed, what you mean seems to be "in some languages...
... I don't understand the connection you make between "green" and "with thee". The first is an adjective, "with thee" is not. Indeed "with thee" has no...
... Yes and no. I would distinguish 3 layers: 1) Formal layer. Case markings. 2) Syntactical layer. The syntax of the language (subject, object etc.). Logical...
... The distinction logical vs grammatical subject is, IMHO, in general terms unfortunate. The definition of "grammatical subject" is apparently based solely...
This posting is to announce: The First International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages (Informally "Omentielva Minya", or just "Omentielva") ...
[This discussion is drifting far afield from Tolkien's languages -- whatever the linguistic merits of the discussion, we can be pretty certain that Tolkien ...
Frederick Hoyt
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May 15, 2003 10:53 am
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... In general, maybe. But we are speaking of Quenya at a certain conceptual stage. I mentioned the Plotz letter already, let's quote the relevant sentence:...
