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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- | === 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 | |||
=== 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 In Toaq, this term has been superseded by the much more beginner-friendly sounding '''[[verb]]''', or '''predicate'''. | |||
=== 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 | : 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 | : 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 | 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) === | ||
[https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-great-root-expansion-phonology-update/ A 2019 phonology update.] | |||
=== JJ === | === JJ === | ||
{{t| | {{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 | |||
This was superseded by the [ | |||
=== 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) === | ||
A modification the way adverbs work and where they can be placed. Only partially implemented; see [[Small Grammar Update#Current status]]. | |||
=== t2, t3, | === <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]. | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 6 February 2022
This page gives an overview of Toaq-specific jargon, or logic jargon as it relates to Toaq.
Auto-hóa
A family of proposals for automatically inserting hóa into a relative clause. See the dedicated page.
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.
Donkey
See Donkey sentence.
Exhibitor slots
An old-school way to say "genitival serialization" (the "merge-with-baq" behavior).
- A proposed kind of predicate slot with special serial behavior. Written
ein signatures. - Semantically, this slot is filled with a concrete (
c) value, but it participates in serial merges sort of like a1. - For example: if muoq is taken to be
c e, then muoq pẻq 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
be” problem.
Frame
A family of words, all having the same signature. Each frame is named after a familiar word in the frame.
See 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)
JJ
Jìe jí, "in my opinion".
New Segmentation (Newseg)
A 2020 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’ here).
Opaque
- Of a grammar construct like po X: meaning quantifiers on the inside don't leak out of it into the main prenex.
- 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.
t2, t3, t4…
The second, third, fourth… tone.
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 Wikipedia.