From sentto-44114-17786-1039357863-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Sun Dec 08 06:31:45 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 08 Dec 2002 06:31:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from n40.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.108]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 18L2T1-0004Ek-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2002 06:31:35 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-17786-1039357863-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.200] by n40.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Dec 2002 14:31:03 -0000 X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 8 Dec 2002 14:31:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 34373 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2002 14:31:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Dec 2002 14:31:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Dec 2002 14:31:02 -0000 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 JAA06725; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:42:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212081442.JAA06725@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:30:21 -0500 To: sbelknap@uic.edu (sbelknap) Cc: lojbab@lojban.org (Robert LeChevalier), lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <3DFF06C3@webmail.uic.edu> from "sbelknap" at Dec 07, 2002 07:56:35 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:30:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: [lojban] Re: nelci Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 3296 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 Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list sbelknap scripsit: > I just had an interesting conversation with my son, who is five. We were > talking about . Quite often, when I ask him if he likes X, he says no, > even though he has never tasted X. I then complain that he has never tasted X, > so how can he say he doesn't like it? I suspect that this has nothing to do with language or negation. Kids actually move from "mi na nelci" to "mi to'e nelci", and it's supposed that this is a biological gadget to prevent them from eating stuff that their culture doesn't eat, and may in fact be toxic. Try googling for "disgust evolution". > I'm going to have to reread what John > had to say about negation. As I recall, the grammar is quite lucid on this > topic. Thank you. That particular chapter was written by lojbab, as a matter of fact. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "It's the old, old story. Droid meets droid. Droid becomes chameleon. Droid loses chameleon, chameleon becomes blob, droid gets blob back again. It's a classic tale." (Kryten, Red Dwarf) To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/