Canon Page on Wiki - Email Contributions Requested

[Erimeyz]

I've created a Canon page on the Learn Na'vi wiki to collect a definitive list of canonical sources.  This is different from the Corpus page.  The Corpus documents all the text and audio we have from canonical sources; the Canon documents the sources themselves.

I've included a section for private correspondence with Paul Frommer.  I respectfully ask your help in adding to it.

Here is the current contents of that section; I believe it speaks for itself:

Many people interested in learning more about Na'vi have sent questions to Paul Frommer. Frommer is not always able to reply, but he has on several occasions given answers which have provided greater insight into the language. Some of those answers have been shared with the Na'vi language community; those answers are documented here.

Note: communication between Dr. Frommer and his correspondents is inherently private. How much of that communication to share, and whether to share anything at all, is a personal decision. No one should ever feel obligated to share anything, and no one should ever expect or demand that others do so.

Note also: Dr. Frommer is a party in these communications, and his privacy must be respected as well. If you have received something from Dr. Frommer and are considering sharing it with the community, do not do so until you are confident that he has no objections.

If you have new information from Dr. Frommer about the Na'vi language that has not been published elsewhere, and you are comfortable sharing it, and you are certain that he does not mind you doing so, then (and only then) please consider making it available to the Na'vi community so that it can become part of the canon and improve everyone's knowledge.

If you do publish your correspondence, please only publish the parts that are directly related to the Na'vi language, such as new words and phrases or new grammatical rules. Post excerpts only. Leave out anything that might be a personal matter for either you or Dr. Frommer. When possible, post direct quotations from Dr. Frommer so that we can all see what his exact words and intentions are. When you are not comfortable giving direct quotes, a summary or paraphrase is still valuable and welcome, but take care to not present your own interpretation as his words.

I've taken the liberty of adding two examples already: one from roger, and one from Prrton.  Both were drawn entirely from material they have already posted: here and here.

If anyone wants to contribute, feel free to add your contributions directly to the wiki.  Or post them in this thread, and I'll put them on the wiki.  Or send them to me in a PM.  If you do add them to the wiki yourself, you don't need to worry about formatting them (although you certainly can if you wish); just dump the raw text there and I'll format it for you afterwards.

I welcome everyone's feedback.

  - Eri

[Erimeyz]

I read through a few recent threads looking for references to Frommer emails.  I provide this list for the easy reference of the posters, in case any of you wish to contribute the referred-to emails (or summaries thereof) to the Canon page.

roger:

• I love you, si constructions, ll/rr open syllables
• tsakrr not an error
• awngeyä, yawne, kangkem
• <ev>
• I didn't think that
• optative, variation, ko
• no erg. on the sbj of a modal
• Frommer explained the modal subjunctive
• Tsun and zene must follow the shorter pattern

Prrton:

• asked him many questions about the new vocabulary
• pxe-
• tìyawn, tìkangkem, sìlpey

wm.annis:

• orthography for ejectives

Please view this list as being for your convenience should you choose to share further, not as a request or demand should you choose not to.

Kindest regards,

  - Eri

[suomichris]

Nice!  Thanks for setting this up!

[Na'rìghawnu]

Great! Thank you for realizing this idea.