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=== Contentive ===
=== Contentive ===


Any Toaq word that isn't a special grammar particle.
An old-school way to say [[verb]].


=== Donkey ===
=== Donkey ===
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=== Exhibitor slots ===
=== Exhibitor slots ===


A proposed kind of predicate slot with special serial behavior. Written <code>e</code> in signatures.
An old-school way to say "genitival [[serial]]ization" (the "merge-with-[[baq]]" behavior).
 
<div style="font-size:8px">A proposed kind of predicate slot with special serial behavior. Written <code>e</code> in signatures.


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>.
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 '''muoq''' (___ is made of ___) is taken to be <code>c e</code>, then '''muoq peq''' is “___ is made of paper”.
For example: if '''muoq''' (___ is made of ___) is taken to be <code>c e</code>, then '''muoq peq''' is “___ is made of paper”.


This would shrink wordy constructs like '''sa mủoq sü hóa baq pẻq''' down to just '''sa mủoq pẻq''', and thus partially solve the “Toaq doesn’t have a word like Lojban <code>be</code>” problem.
This would shrink wordy constructs like '''sa mủoq sü hóa baq pẻq''' down to just '''sa mủoq pẻq''', and thus partially solve the “Toaq doesn’t have a word like Lojban <code>be</code>” problem.</div>


=== Frame ===
=== [[Frame]] ===


A family of words, all having the same signature. Each frame is named after a familiar word in the frame.
A family of words, all having the same signature. Each frame is named after a familiar word in the frame.
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A 2019 phonology proposal ([https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ link]).
A 2019 phonology proposal ([https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ link]).
=== JJ ===
{{t|jìe jí}}, "in my opinion".


=== New Segmentation (Newseg) ===
=== New Segmentation (Newseg) ===


A 2020 proposal for a change to the tone system. http://toaq.org/Tones.pdf
A 2020 proposal for a change to the tone system. http://toaq.org/Tones.pdf
This was superseded by the [[refgram]] segmentation system.


=== Opaque ===
=== Opaque ===
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=== Small Grammar Update (SGU) ===
=== Small Grammar Update (SGU) ===
See [[Small Grammar Update]].
See [[Small Grammar Update]].
=== t2, t3, t4… ===
The second, third, fourth… [[tone]].


=== 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 '''tu poq''' doesn't necessarily mean "all of the people in the world". See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_of_discourse Wikipedia].