From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Sep 05 18:06:30 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:34:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1ECRum-0003MN-P8 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:06:20 -0700 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.192]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1ECRuj-0003MA-BC for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:06:20 -0700 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v1so750130nzb for ; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:06:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jDheDIeXgT6l8hIv7C/di50OqPMfwbznXBf93GeTnrJRXMmeMIijBHC8MsfKoS5kl/VYiZ9tie+03YMGLaSJkT/DTOqHxKxY9hZzm4Y4mONCmZJNSrUStZiIE+7hV2pPgtlqK8r5+I0zCk0iAxZIj09j0OqAf3PYkk6YIlLey00= Received: by 10.36.43.8 with SMTP id q8mr2737458nzq; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:06:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.36.8 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:06:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8f2fd4aa0509051806100aaaeb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:06:16 -0700 From: Brandon Wirick To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: gerzda (ambiguity in lujvo vs. in tanru) In-Reply-To: <212.85eaf0a.304e43a8@wmconnect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline References: <212.85eaf0a.304e43a8@wmconnect.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 10501 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: brandon@yrick.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Yeah, I just read up on that today. Consequently, I had to change some of the claims I made in my paper. Good thing I realized this now. On 9/5/05, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/5/2005 4:22:28 AM Central Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > I was under the impression that lujvo were vague, not ambiguous. A > {gerzda} is some sort of nest/house/dwelling with some sort of > dog-like aspect to it, right? It is not necessarily a doghouse as > English-speakers understand the term. > > It's tanru that are ambiguous. Each lujvo takes one specific meaning of a > tanru and concretizes that single meaning. The other meanings of the tanru > require other lujvo (or none at all). > > stevo To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.