From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Sep 20 11:03:57 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MpQlQ-0006Lj-Jm for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:03:56 -0700 Received: from imr-ma05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.100.31]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MpQlN-0006LT-Cs for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:03:56 -0700 Received: from imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (imo-ma01.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.136]) by imr-ma05.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8KI3exb004781 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:03:40 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.d47.45e0a949 (39329) for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:03:36 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:04:23 EDT Subject: [lojban] Re: How many possible gismu? To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d47.45e0a949.37e7c8a7_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 16228 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_d47.45e0a949.37e7c8a7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/19/2009 21:11:09 Eastern Daylight Time, daniel@brockman.se writes: > People always say that gismu are not special and there is nothing > "fundamental" about them (except for the tiny, tiny detail of having > rafsi and thus being able to form additional words). > When people say that gismu are not special, they mean semantically. Morphologically, of course, they are special indeed, having rafsi and a special shape (CVCCV or CVCCV). It's often claimed that gismu are not intended to cover all semantic space, but it would be nice if they did indeed form some kind of fundamental semantic basis. mu'o mie stevon --part1_d47.45e0a949.37e7c8a7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 9/19/2009 21:11:09 Eastern Daylight Time, daniel@brockman.se write= s:


People always say that= gismu are not special and there is nothing
"fundamental" about them (except for the tiny, tiny detail of having
rafsi and thus being able to form additional words).


When people say that gismu are not special, they mean semantically. &n= bsp;Morphologically, of course, they are special indeed, having rafsi and= a special shape (CVCCV or CVCCV).  
It's often claimed that gismu are not intended to cover all semantic= space, but it would be nice if they did indeed form some kind of fundamen= tal semantic basis.

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