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IIRC, Loglan (and then Lojban) used place structures instead of
prepositions or case endings because cases and/or prepositions could not
unambiguously accommodate all the meanings necessary.

stevo


On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:08 PM, <daniel.e2718@gmail.com> wrote:

> . ui coi ro do
>
> I'm Daniel Evans, and I figured that I would share my thoughts on the
> lojban place structure. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks, so I
> finally sat down today for about four hours and typed up a really rough
> paper about it.
>
> In a nutshell, I say it should be trashed. Thrown away. Why? Read the
> paper, and then tell me what you think :)
>
> I'll preface it (I did say this in the paper as all) with this: *I don't
> think it's an awful system. Nor am I gonna be angry if everybody hates it.
> * Keep in mind that I just blazed through a ten page paper, and didn't
> take a whole lot of time to revise my thoughts. I just wanted to get my
> thoughts down and organize them for myself. Doing so was best achieved by
> writing a paper about it, and that ended up being too much work to keep it
> to myself. I'm interested by what others think. It would be unbelievably
> cool if my ideas could be implemented, but I don't necessarily expect it.
>
> It is attached to this post. Enjoy!
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<div dir=3D"ltr">IIRC, Loglan (and then Lojban) used place structures inste=
ad of prepositions or case endings because cases and/or prepositions could =
not unambiguously accommodate all the meanings necessary.=A0<div><br></div>=
<div style>

stevo</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:08 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:daniel.e2718@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">daniel.e2718@gmail.com</a>&gt=
;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">. ui coi ro do<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m Da=
niel Evans, and I figured that I would share my thoughts on the lojban plac=
e structure. I&#39;ve been thinking about it for a few weeks, so I finally =
sat down today for about four hours and typed up a really rough paper about=
 it.</div>

<div><br></div><div>In a nutshell, I say it should be trashed. Thrown away.=
 Why? Read the paper, and then tell me what you think :)</div><div><br></di=
v><div>I&#39;ll preface it (I did say this in the paper as all) with this: =
<b>I don&#39;t think it&#39;s an awful system. Nor am I gonna be angry if e=
verybody hates it.</b>=A0Keep in mind that I just blazed through a ten page=
 paper, and didn&#39;t take a whole lot of time to revise my thoughts. I ju=
st wanted to get my thoughts down and organize them for myself. Doing so wa=
s best achieved by writing a paper about it, and that ended up being too mu=
ch work to keep it to myself. I&#39;m interested by what others think. It w=
ould be unbelievably cool if my ideas could be implemented, but I don&#39;t=
 necessarily expect it.</div>

<div><br></div><div>It is attached to this post. Enjoy!</div><span class=3D=
"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">

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