LINGUISHTIK JUDGES MANUAL 2017-18 Edition
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LINGUISHTIK JUDGES MANUAL 2017-18 Edition Kathryn Boswell Ellen Bredeweg Steven A. Wright 2 PREFACE The game of LinguiSHTIK® is played competitively at the local, state and national levels. The object of LinguiSHTIK is to make a four to ten letter word using cubes from the game mat. The word must satisfy the Demands made in the course of play and must be used in a sentence type, classified by pattern, structure, or purpose, that is designated by the first player. The rules by which the game are played are contained in the Academic Games Leagues of America, Inc. (“AGLOA”) Tournament Rules, which make this manual the game‟s official judging reference. This manual includes all changes made in the 2017-2018 LinguiSHTIK Tournament Rules. This manual has been written to provide those who judge LinguiSHTIK and those who would like to judge LinguiSHTIK with a handy reference. This manual is intended to codify those rulings which have traditionally been made in the game and to illuminate some others which may arise in the future. This manual is organized so that it takes the reader through the game in the same order in which the students play. In addition, there are sections on judging, technical rulings related to the game and finally a judge's self-test. Reference in this manual to a specific tournament rule is denoted as (LT ). The Tournament Rules are broken down by division based on grade level: Elementary Division (4th - 6th grade), Middle Division (7th - 8th grade) and Junior/Senior Division (9th - 12th grade). The LinguiSHTIK Tournament Rules are updated and made available yearly (usually late August). This manual denotes where the rules make distinctions between the divisions as follows: * Is not allowed in Elementary Division ** Is not allowed in Elementary or Middle Divisions *** Is not allowed in Elementary or Junior/Senior Divisions The authors are especially grateful to the Board of Directors of AGLOA which endorsed our efforts in the development of this manual. The authors also wish to acknowledge Brother Neal Golden who permitted us to borrow liberally from the rulings already established in his Manual for Equations and On-Sets Officials. In addition, the authors also acknowledge the significant contributions that Sue Stephenson and Jean Skomra made in preparing a previous judging manual. Finally, the authors wish to acknowledge each of the judges, teachers and students whose insight and countless questions led to many of the rulings reiterated in this manual. The authors alone, however, take responsibility for any errors contained herein. This 2017-2018 Revision of this manual replaces the earlier Editions, and should be the one used for judging in local and national tournaments in conjunction with the 2017-18 LinguiSHTIK Tournament Rules. Each section has been numbered separately with Roman numerals, and all pages are numbered consecutively so that sections can be found easily using the Table of Contents. K.B. E.B. S.W. Copyright © 1998 by Kathryn Boswell, Ellen Bredeweg, Steven A. Wright and Academic Games Leagues of America, Inc. Revised 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 by Ellen Bredeweg. i - 2 LinguiSHTIK Judges Manual – 2017-18 Edition 3 This 2017-18 Edition of the Judges Manual has been correlated to specific rules of grammar. The page numbers appearing next to a topic in this manual refer to the rules of grammar on that topic as set forth in the official grammar reference for LinguiSHTIK Tournament play: Elements of Language, 6th Course published by Holt Rinehart Winston. Changes are highlighted in yellow. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................... i-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. i-3 SECTION I: THE GAME OF LinguiSHTIK .............................................................................. I-1 A. Starting a Game..................................................................................................... I-1 B. The First Three Plays ............................................................................................ I-1 The Sentence Designation -- Player One .............................................................. I-1 The Type Demand -- Player Two ......................................................................... I-2 The Function Demand -- The Third Move ........................................................... I-2 C. The Remaining Moves .......................................................................................... I-2 1. Move a Cube to Letters ............................................................................. I-2 2. Make a Demand ........................................................................................ I-2 3. Make a Challenge ..................................................................................... I-3 a. How to Challenge ......................................................................... I-3 b. Types of Challenges ...................................................................... I-4 c. Procedures for Challenging........................................................... I-4 1. Challenge Now.................................................................. I-4 2. Challenge Impossible ........................................................ I-5 4. Pass and Forceout ..................................................................................... I-5 a. Procedure for Passing……………………………………………I-5 b. Forceout Procedure…………………………………………….…I-5 D. Illegal Procedure………………………………………………….………………I-6 SECTION II: SENTENCE DESIGNATION .............................................................................II-7 A. Sentence Patterns ................................................................................................ II-7 1. S-V ...........................................................................................................II-7 2. S-V-DO ....................................................................................................II-7 3. S-LV-PN ..................................................................................................II-7 4. S-LV-PA ..................................................................................................II-7 5. S-V-IO-DO ..............................................................................................II-8 6. Inverted ....................................................................................................II-8 7. S-V-DO-OC (noun) .................................................................................II-8 8. S-V-DO-OC (adj.)....................................................................................II-8 i - 3 LinguiSHTIK Judges Manual – 2017-18 Edition 4 9. S-V-Retained O……………………………………………….………..II-9 10. S-V-Retained IO…………………………………….....…….……..… II-9 11. S-V-Retained OC (noun)…………………………………….……....... II-9 12. S-V-Retained OC (adjective) ……………………………………….… II-9 13. Judges' notes on Sentence Pattern…………………………………..…..II-10 B. Sentence Structures ........................................................................................... II-11 1. Simple .................................................................................................... II-11 2. Compound ............................................................................................. II-11 3. Complex ................................................................................................ II-11 4. Compound-Complex ............................................................................. II-12 Note on Spillover Confusion ......................................................................................... II-12 C. Sentence Purposes ............................................................................................. II-12 1. Declarative ............................................................................................. II-12 2. Interrogative .......................................................................................... II-12 3. Imperative .............................................................................................. II-13 4. Exclamatory ........................................................................................... II-13 SECTION III: NOUNS & PRONOUNS .................................................................................. III-14 A. Type Demand ................................................................................................... III-14 B. Function Demands ............................................................................................ III-14 1. Subject .................................................................................................. III-14 2. Direct Object ........................................................................................ III-15 3. Indirect Object ...................................................................................... III-15 4. Predicate Nominative ........................................................................... III-15 5. Object of the Preposition ...................................................................... III-15 6. Appositive ............................................................................................ III-15 7. Noun Used as Adjective ......................................................................