From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Thu Mar 18 10:22:36 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:22:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B42A2-0002jO-Qv for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:22:30 -0800 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:22:30 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: mimiklama Message-ID: <20040318182230.GL11847@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040318174017.GD11847@digitalkingdom.org> <20040318181318.61107.qmail@web41906.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040318181318.61107.qmail@web41906.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7267 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:13:18AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > Currently, what follows doesn't have to be a cluster as long as a > > > cluster follows "soon" after - e.g. {mijimpe} is {mi jimpe} even > > > though the cluster "mp" isn't immediately after "mi". > > > > Even without the stress? > > The way to mark stress is to leave a space after a brivla. *That* was the part I wasn't understanding. Thanks. > You must always be able to tell where the stress falls, otherwise you > can't be sure you are parsing correctly. Stress is an essential part > of the Lojban morphology. Right, I understood that, which is why I was surprised that 'mimiklama' was parseable (no stress). -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui