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This page gives an overview of Toaq-specific jargon, or logic jargon as it relates to Toaq.
This page gives an overview of Toaq-specific jargon, or logic jargon as it relates to Toaq.


=== Auto-hoa ===
=== Auto-{{t|hóa}} ===
 
A family of proposals for automatically inserting {{t|hóa}} into a relative clause. See [[Resumptive pronoun ellipsis|the dedicated page]].
A family of proposals for automatically inserting '''hoa''' into a relative clause. None has been settled on (as of 2021), but you can compare the candidate proposals [https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/the-auto-hoa-suite/ here].


=== 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 In Toaq, this term has been superseded by the much more beginner-friendly sounding '''[[verb]]''', or '''predicate'''.
An old-school way to say [[verb]].


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


=== Exhibitor slots ===
=== Exhibitor slots ===
An old-school way to say "genitival [[serial]]ization" (the "merge-with-[[baq]]" behavior).
An old-school way to say "genitival [[serial]]ization" (the "merge-with-[[baq]]" behavior).


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: 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 {{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 '''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 {{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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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.


See [https://github.com/acotis/serial-predicate-engine/blob/master/code/dict/frame-list.txt '''mı Hỏaqgīo'''’s list of predicate frames] for a list of all major frames. (2021 note; this is supposed to get trimmed down a lot in the future.)
See [https://github.com/acotis/serial-predicate-engine/blob/master/code/dict/frame-list.txt [[User:Hoaqgio|Hoaqgio]]’s list of predicate frames] for a list of all major frames as of 2021. The new list is much slimmer; viz. [[Frame#Table of semantic frames]].


=== Great Root Expansion (GRE) ===
=== Great Root Expansion (GRE) ===


A 2019 phonology proposal ([https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ link]).
[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|Jìe 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 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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#: ''In linguistics, these kinds of compounds are known as '''derivational''' (vs. '''compositional''') or '''exocentric''' (vs. '''endocentric''') compounds.''
#: ''In linguistics, these kinds of compounds are known as '''derivational''' (vs. '''compositional''') or '''exocentric''' (vs. '''endocentric''') compounds.''


=== Small Grammar Update (SGU) ===
=== [[Small Grammar Update]] (SGU) ===
See [[Small Grammar Update]].
A modification the way adverbs work and where they can be placed. Only partially implemented; see [[Small Grammar Update#Current status]].


=== t2, t3, t4… ===
=== <code>t2</code>, <code>t3</code>, <code>t4</code>… ===
The second, third, fourth… [[tone]].
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].