From MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Tue Feb 15 11:49:17 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:49:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.136]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D18hB-0004Le-LH for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:49:17 -0800 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id j.13d.cf1d6c6 (4446) for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:48:43 -0500 (EST) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <13d.cf1d6c6.2f43ac1b@wmconnect.com> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:48:43 EST Subject: [lojban-beginners] language useful? To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_13d.cf1d6c6.2f43ac1b_boundary" X-archive-position: 1144 X-Approved-By: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_13d.cf1d6c6.2f43ac1b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2005-02-14 5:23:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, Bruce Webber bruce@brucewebber.com via ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > For a language to be useful, it's structure must match the structure of > the world being described. That's simply the most amazingly false statement I've seen in a long time. *No* language structure matches or *can* match the structure of the world being described. It's comparing apples and oranges; they're totally different, incompatible structures. Having said that though, can you support it with examples? stevo --part1_13d.cf1d6c6.2f43ac1b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 2005-02-14 5:23:46=20= AM Eastern Standard Time, Bruce Webber
bruce@brucewebber.com via ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


For a language to be useful= , it's structure must match the structure of=20
the world being described.


That's simply the most amazingly false statement I've seen in a long tim= e.
*No* language structure matches or *can* match the structure of the worl= d being described.  It's comparing apples and oranges; they're totally=20= different, incompatible structures.  

Having said that though, can you support it with examples?

stevo

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