Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2

Summary

Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2 is a lesson^[1].

Key Facts

• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's instance of is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — instance of (P31): lesson^[2].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's instance of is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's follows is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — follows (P155): Lesson 59: Vocabulary Practice 9: Names^[4].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's followed by is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — followed by (P156): Lesson 61: Passive Voice^[5].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's part of is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — part of (P361): laadanlanguage.org^[6].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's language of work or name is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — language of work or name (P407): English^[7].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's language of work or name is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — language of work or name (P407): Láadan^[8].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's main subject is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — main subject (P921): existential quantification^[9].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's work available at URL is recorded as http://laadanlanguage.org/60.html#top^[10].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's title is recorded as Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2^[11].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's first line is recorded as We first saw “yon” (government) in Lesson 28; “eyon” (administration) isn’t, perhaps, the most transparent “science of” formation from an English standpoint, but it may say something significant about the culture embodied in Láadan.^[12].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's last line is recorded as They are all straightforward “–á” (doer) formations from “alehale” (music), “lalom” (sing) and “eduth” (engineering), respectively.^[13].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's copyright status is recorded as Identifier Case, Pt 2 — copyright status (P6216): no known copyright restrictions^[14].
• Lesson 60: Identifier Case, Pt 2's quotation or excerpt is recorded as The Identifier Case structure identifies its Subject with another Case Phrase; it states what the Subject “is” in terms of gender, profession, nationality, and so on. But what if the identification isn’t so straightforward? What if the Subject is “trying to be” or “beginning to be” or “being again” whatever-it-is? The verb has that “null surface form” (we can’t see or hear it), so we have no apparent verb to which to attach the verb prefixes that would make all those more tenuous Identifier relationships work.^[15].