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diff --git a/examples/discourse/particles.txt b/examples/discourse/particles.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e47724b84..000000000 --- a/examples/discourse/particles.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -On the syntax of clitic particles in Finnish - --- AR 29/12/2010 - -The clitic particles come in two groups: - - Pas ::= pas | pa | han | kos | ko | kohan | pahan -- free variation - Kin ::= kin/kaan -- depending on polarity - -(vowel harmony ignored). A Finnish sentence can have at most one of each. A Pas clitic is -always attached to the first word ("Aripas juo maitoa") or phrase such as NP -("minun poikanipas juo maitoa"). A Kin clitic can be attached to almost any word; if the -same as Pas, Kin must come first ("Arikinhan juo maitoa"). Some combinations are clumsy -but presumably OK ("Arikinpas"). If the verb is first, it doesn't seem to allow Kin -(*"juokin Ari maitoa"). - -The following is a list of combinatory possibilities. Adverbs (represented by "nyt") -can be added ad libitum - at most two of them then become carriers of clitics -("nythän Ari juo maitoa täälläkin"). - - --- declaratives and questions - -(Notice that, in the presence of "ei", Kin is "kaan", otherwise "kin".) - -ari Pas? ei? (juo Kin maitoa nyt | juo maitoa Kin nyt | juo maitoa nyt Kin?) -maitoa Pas? ei? (ari Kin juo nyt | ari juo Kin nyt | ari juo nyt Kin?) -nyt Pas? ei? (ari Kin juo maitoa | ari juo Kin maitoa | ari juo maitoa Kin?) - -ari Kin Pas? ei? juo maitoa nyt -maitoa Kin Pas? ari ei? juo nyt -nyt Kin Pas? ari ei? juo maitoa - -juo Pas? (ari Kin maitoa nyt | ari maitoa Kin nyt | ari maitoa nyt Kin?) -ei Pas? (ari Kin juo maitoa nyt | ari juo Kin maitoa nyt | ari juo maitoa Kin nyt | - ari juo maitoa nyt Kin?) - --- imperatives - -The question clitic is (for obvious semantic reasons) omitted from the Pas category: - - Pas- ::= pa | pas | han | pahan - -juo Pas-? (ari Kin maitoa nyt | ari maitoa Kin nyt | ari maitoa nyt Kin?) -älä Pas-? (ari Kin juo maitoa nyt | ari juo Kin maitoa nyt | ari juo maitoa Kin nyt - | ari juo maitoa nyt Kin?) - - --- negation word - -Strangely enough, Kin seems to be getting accepted in plural (= two-syllabic) negations: - - *enkään, *etkään, *eikään, ?emmekään, ?ettekään, ?eivätkään (quite some Google hits) - - |
