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== Scary English words == | == Scary English words == | ||
* '''[[wikipedia:Ellipsis|Ellipsis]]''' (think of the ellipsis symbol, …) is the act of omitting part of a phrase, or a whole phrase, with the expectation that pragmatics and context will convey the missing phrase. Some kinds of ellipsis are solidifed into grammatical rules: ''She went to the store but I didn’t'' (…go to the store). (Note that another analysis of this kind of ellipsis interprets ''didn’t'' as a so-called [[wikipedia:pro-verb|pro-verb]] – like a pronoun but for verb | * '''[[wikipedia:Ellipsis|Ellipsis]]''' (think of the ellipsis symbol, …) is the act of omitting part of a phrase, or a whole phrase, with the expectation that pragmatics and context will convey the missing phrase. Some kinds of ellipsis are solidifed into grammatical rules: ''She went to the store but I didn’t'' (…go to the store). (Note that another analysis of this kind of ellipsis interprets ''didn’t'' as a so-called [[wikipedia:pro-verb|pro-verb]] – like a pronoun but for verb phrases. This interpretation is outside of the purview of this article.) | ||
* '''[[wikipedia:Elision|Elision]]''' technically refers to the act of removing single or multiple sounds (for example, ''it would'' /ɪt ˈwʊd/ → ''it’d'' /ɪtəd/ → /ɪd/), but in loglang communities, the term has taken on the meaning of ''the disposure of unneeded particles'' (such as Lojban’s elision of terminators – kinds of closing bracket particles – which allows one to say ''lo jbobau cu xamgu'' rather than ''lo jbobau ku cu xamgu vau iau''). | * '''[[wikipedia:Elision|Elision]]''' technically refers to the act of removing single or multiple sounds (for example, ''it would'' /ɪt ˈwʊd/ → ''it’d'' /ɪtəd/ → /ɪd/), but in loglang communities, the term has taken on the meaning of ''the disposure of unneeded particles'' (such as Lojban’s elision of terminators – kinds of closing bracket particles – which allows one to say ''lo jbobau cu xamgu'' rather than ''lo jbobau ku cu xamgu vau iau''). | ||
* Broadly speaking, a '''[[wikipedia:relative clause|relative clause]]''' is a dependent clause which introduces additional information about another entity – for example, in ''he was the person I wanted to find'', ''I wanted to find'' is a relative clause of ''the person'' (it describes what kind of person). In this scenario, ''the person'' is termed the '''head''' or the '''antecedent''' of the relative clause. | * Broadly speaking, a '''[[wikipedia:relative clause|relative clause]]''' is a dependent clause which introduces additional information about another entity – for example, in ''he was the person I wanted to find'', ''I wanted to find'' is a relative clause of ''the person'' (it describes what kind of person). In this scenario, ''the person'' is termed the '''head''' or the '''antecedent''' of the relative clause. | ||
* A '''relative pronoun''' is one which refers to the antecedent. Such are hard to find in English, but they appear on occasion: ''a child who knows I love them'' (''them'' = ''a child''. Also note that ''a child'' is implicitly the subject of the relative clause – the one who knows). All Toaq relative clauses are formulated in a way that makes the relative pronoun {{t|hóa}} easy to use – for example, ‘a child who is big’ = {{t|deo säo <u>hóa</u>}} (literally ''child such | * A '''relative pronoun''' is one which refers to the antecedent. Such are hard to find in English, but they appear on occasion: ''a child who knows I love them'' (''them'' = ''a child''. Also note that ''a child'' is implicitly the subject of the relative clause – the one who knows). All Toaq relative clauses are formulated in a way that makes the relative pronoun {{t|hóa}} easy to use – for example, ‘a child who is big’ = {{t|deo säo <u>hóa</u>}} (literally ''child such that <u>it</u> is big''). Other pronouns may be used as antecedents since the [[antecedent pronoun]]s update: {{t|deo säo <u>hó</u>}}, where {{t|hó}} is the animate pronoun (he/she/they/it, for humans and animals performing roles thereof). | ||
that <u>it</u> is big''). Other pronouns may be used as antecedents since the [[antecedent pronoun]]s update: {{t|deo säo <u>hó</u>}}, where {{t|hó}} is the animate pronoun (he/she/they/it, for humans and animals performing roles thereof). | |||
* Consequently, '''relative pronoun ellipsis''' occurs when {{t|hóa}} is omitted for one reason or another. | * Consequently, '''relative pronoun ellipsis''' occurs when {{t|hóa}} is omitted for one reason or another. | ||