From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jul 28 08:20:35 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MVoTj-0001os-MX for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:20:35 -0700 Received: from imr-da06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.169.203]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MVoTg-0001oT-RQ for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:20:35 -0700 Received: from imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (imo-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.138]) by imr-da06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n6SFKPUC018468 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:25 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v40_r1.5.) id d.c6c.51d0e32b (30737) for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:23 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:21 EDT Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "tavla lo na'e te djuno", talking to the unknown,... To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_c6c.51d0e32b.37a07135_boundary" X-Spam-Flag:NO X-archive-position: 1959 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_c6c.51d0e32b.37a07135_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/28/2009 11:09:48 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com writes: > Now I'm just curious about the semantic difference between "other than" > and "and". > I think it's an issue of topicality. "X other than Y" reduces the topicality of Y, almost to the point of dismissal, in relation to X, while "X and Y" treats the two as almost equal, with only the fact of X occurring before Y to indicate that X is slightly more topical than Y. stevo --part1_c6c.51d0e32b.37a07135_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 7/28/2009 11:09:48 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com wr= ites:


Now I'm just curious= about the semantic difference between "other than" and "and".


I think it's an issue of topicality.  "X other than Y" reduces th= e topicality of Y, almost to the point of dismissal, in relation to X, whi= le "X and Y" treats the two as almost equal, with only the fact of X occur= ring before Y to indicate that X is slightly more topical than Y.

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