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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:55:38 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Quantifier exactness To: Lojban X-Original-Sender: rpglover64@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rpglover64@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.45 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rpglover64@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d042de48fa1b29904d2b68a66 X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.1 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / --f46d042de48fa1b29904d2b68a66 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I meant a translation of the original statement into English. .u'u that I wasn't clear. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis < felipeg.assis@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 January 2013 12:01, .arpis. wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:33 AM, Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis > > wrote: > >> > >> What is lacking here is the argument /for/ quantifier inexactness, > >> which goes against CLL. > > > > > > Much as I like quantifier exactness as a useful idiosyncrasy in lojban > (and > > view adhering to the CLL) as a good default, I find the example given a= s > an > > argument /against/ quantifier exactness (though not an entirely > convincing > > one by itself), at least if I take latros's analysis at face value. > > > > I don't see how the example is an argument. It is just that, an example. > > > The sentence says to me "I, more than you, like one of the two people." > > Unless you can give me an intuition for a translation that preserves > exact > > quantifier semantics (and just adding "exactly" to the previous stateme= nt > > doesn't do it), I'm going to be uneasy about them. > > > > "I, more than you, like one of the two people." > {da poi me lo re prenu zo'u mi zmadu do lo ni ce'u nelci da} or > {mi zmadu do lo ni ce'u nelci lo [su'o/pa] me lo re prenu} > > The odd thing with the original example is the quantification within > the ni-clause. > > mu'o > mi'e .asiz. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > --=20 mu'o mi'e .arpis. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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I meant a translation of the original statement into Engli= sh. .u'u that I wasn't clear.
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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Felipe G= on=E7alves Assis <felipeg.assis@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7 January 2013 12:01, .= arpis. <rpglover64+jbob= au@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:33 AM, Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis
> <felipeg.assis@gmail.com= > wrote:
>>
>> What is lacking here is the argument /for/ quantifier inexactness,=
>> which goes against CLL.
>
>
> Much as I like quantifier exactness as a useful idiosyncrasy in lojban= (and
> view adhering to the CLL) as a good default, I find the example given = as an
> argument /against/ quantifier exactness (though not an entirely convin= cing
> one by itself), at least if I take latros's analysis at face value= .
>

I don't see how the example is an argument. It is just that, an e= xample.

> The sentence says to me "I, more than you, like one of the two pe= ople."
> Unless you can give me an intuition for a translation that preserves e= xact
> quantifier semantics (and just adding "exactly" to the previ= ous statement
> doesn't do it), I'm going to be uneasy about them.
>

"I, more than you, like one of the two people."
{da poi me lo re prenu zo'u mi zmadu do lo ni ce'u nelci da} = or
{mi zmadu do lo ni ce'u nelci lo [su'o/pa] me lo re prenu}

The odd thing with the original example is the quantification within
the ni-clause.

mu'o
mi'e .asiz.

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