From jcowan@reutershealth.com Fri Dec 06 12:57:22 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 6 Dec 2002 20:57:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 47783 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2002 20:57:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Dec 2002 20:57:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 2002 20:57:22 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18KPXG-0001m8-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:57:22 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18KPXB-0001lq-00; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:57:17 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:57:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18KPX5-0001lU-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:57:11 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA24792; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:08:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212062108.QAA24792@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:56:40 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Old questions, still unanswered... To: olivera@macs.biu.ac.il Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:56:40 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <000001c29d65$39b81be0$0300a8c0@avitallap> from "Avital Oliver" at Dec 06, 2002 07:17:04 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 3160 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: John Cowan Reply-To: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Avital Oliver scripsit: > a) Is "ko'a broda je brode" equivelant to "ko'a broda gi'e brode"? No, not reliably so. > b) Is "ko'a broda je brode" more semantically amgiuous than "ko'a broda gi'e > brode"? Yes. > c) Is "ko'a broda je brode" less semantically ambiguous than "ko'a broda > brode"? Yes. > d) Is true? > e) Is true? Depends on the implicit value of x3. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarves." --Murray Gell-Mann