From MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Thu Feb 17 05:02:29 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:02:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D1lI5-0007o8-Sd for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:01:58 -0800 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id d.fc.d0f9957 (16335) for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:01:24 -0500 (EST) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:01:23 EST Subject: [lojban] topicality To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_fc.d0f9957.2f45efa3_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 12 X-archive-position: 9487 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_fc.d0f9957.2f45efa3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2005-02-17 5:21:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, lojbab via ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > All places of a predicate are equal. How then is topicality determined? In many languages topicality decreases as one continues speaking a sentence, i.e., it's greater at the beginning of the sentence and decreases toward the end. This scheme would work well, I think, for Lojban, too, since it's easy to alter the place structure. stevo --part1_fc.d0f9957.2f45efa3_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 2005-02-17 5:21:55=20= AM Eastern Standard Time, lojbab via ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


All places of a predicate a= re equal.  
How then is topicality determined?  In many languages topicality de= creases as one continues speaking a sentence, i.e., it's greater at the begi= nning of the sentence and decreases toward the end.  This scheme would=20= work well, I think, for Lojban, too, since it's easy to alter the place stru= cture.  

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