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=== Contentive ===
=== Contentive ===
A word that carries meaning rather than function, unlike particles. In Toaq, this term has been superseded by the much more beginner-friendly sounding '''[[verb]]''', or '''predicate'''.
Words that are not particles. This includes at least all [[verb]]s. It used to be the case that there were only verbs and particles, but in Toaq Delta, new parts-of-speech (like tenses) probably straddle the line between particle and contentive.


=== Donkey ===
=== Donkey ===
See [[Donkey sentence]].
See [[Donkey sentence]].


=== Exhibitor slots ===
=== Exhibitor slots / genitival serialization ===
An old-school way to say "genitival [[serial]]ization" (the "merge-with-[[baq]]" behavior).
In old versions of Toaq, transitive verbs with concrete objects could be on the ''left'' in a serial verb.


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For example, {{t|cho nıaı}} had the meaning of {{t|cho bâq nıaı}}. (That is to say: this feature has been superseded by [[object incorporation]].)
: A proposed kind of predicate slot with special serial behavior. Written <code>e</code> in signatures.
 
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The object slot of {{t|cho}} was then called an "exhibitor slot", and this kind of serialization was called "genitival serialization".
: Semantically, this slot is filled with a concrete (<code>c</code>) value, but it participates in serial merges sort of like a <code>1</code>.
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: For example: if {{t|muoq|{{x}} is made of {{x}}}} is taken to be <code>c e</code>, then {{t|muoq pẻq}} is “{{x}} is made of paper”.
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: This would shrink wordy constructs like {{t|sa mủoq sü hóa baq pẻq}} down to just {{t|sa mủoq pẻq}}, and thus partially solve the “Toaq doesn’t have a word like [https://vlasisku.lojban.org/be Lojban <code>be</code>]” problem.
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=== [[Frame]] ===
=== [[Frame]] ===
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=== Great Root Expansion (GRE) ===
=== Great Root Expansion (GRE) ===
[https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ A 2019 phonology update.]
[https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ A 2019 phonology update.]


=== JJ ===
=== JJ ===
{{t|Jìe jí}}, "in my opinion".
{{t|Jîe jí}}, "in my opinion".


=== New Segmentation (Newseg) ===
=== New Segmentation (Newseg) ===
A 2020 [http://toaq.org/Tones.pdf proposal] for a change to the tone system. This was superseded by the segmentation system as laid out in the reference grammar (look under ‘Word segmentation via tones’ [https://toaq.net/refgram/03/ here]).
A 2020 [http://toaq.org/Tones.pdf proposal] for a change to the tone system. This was superseded by the segmentation system as laid out in the Gamma reference grammar.


=== Opaque ===
=== Opaque ===
# Of a grammar construct like '''po X''': meaning quantifiers on the inside don't leak out of it into the main prenex.
See [[Opaque]].
# Of compound words like '''nıefā''': meaning that you can't technically figure out the meaning just by applying rules to the parts; you have to look it up in a dictionary to be sure. But of course there are a lot of useful patterns. The decomposition into '''nıe''' and '''fa''' can be considered an etymology or a mnemonic, but there's no "transparent" process that determines its meaning.
#: ''In linguistics, these kinds of compounds are known as '''derivational''' (vs. '''compositional''') or '''exocentric''' (vs. '''endocentric''') compounds.''
 
=== [[Small Grammar Update]] (SGU) ===
A modification the way adverbs work and where they can be placed. Only partially implemented; see [[Small Grammar Update#Current status]].


=== <code>t2</code>, <code>t3</code>, <code>t4</code>… ===
=== <code>t2</code>, <code>t3</code>, <code>t4</code>… ===
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=== Universe of discourse (UoD) ===
=== Universe of discourse (UoD) ===
The set of things under discussion at a given time. Quantifiers range over this domain, so that '''tu poq''' doesn't necessarily mean "all of the people in the world". See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_of_discourse Wikipedia].
The set of things under discussion at a given time. Quantifiers range over this domain, so that {{t|tú poq}} doesn't necessarily mean "all of the people in the world". See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_of_discourse Wikipedia].
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