Re: "and"

On 8/15/06, Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> wrote:
> A conlang example is Klingon, which has _je_ to join NPs and _'ej_ to join
> clauses.
And, as in Tatari Faran, _je_ also functions as "also".

(And Klingon _je_ shares with English the ambiguity where "I saw you,
too" can mean either "(I, too) saw you" = "I saw you, and others saw
you as well" and "I saw (you, too)" = "I saw you, and I saw others as
well". And, though the dictionary doesn't make this explicit, I
wouldn't be surprised if it could also mean "I (saw, too) you" = "I
saw you, but that was not the only thing I 'did to' you [e.g. I also
talked to you]".)

Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>