From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Sat Mar 6 23:00:59 2010 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Fri, 25 Sep 1992 00:17:31 -0400 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2914; Fri, 25 Sep 92 00:16:16 EDT Received: by UGA (Mailer R2.08 PTF008) id 4029; Fri, 25 Sep 92 00:16:15 EDT Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 00:15:21 -0400 Reply-To: "(Logical Language Group)" Sender: Lojban list From: "(Logical Language Group)" Subject: TECH: equivalent of "ai" in selbri X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: O X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Fri Sep 25 00:17:33 1992 X-From-Space-Address: @uga.cc.uga.edu:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Message-ID: <-P5IHzbhG5D.A.-jC.r80kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> When we first created the attitudinal list, we had a gismu or brivla equivalent for each attitudinal - this was part of the criteria in choosing the original gismu list: a primitive emotion word should have a primitive root. The redesign of the attitudinal space, and the major expansion that result therefrom kinda messed this up. The distinctions that are permitted now using attitudinals are more diverse than there are yet defined gismu and brivla in that semantic space. By recollection, the old meaning of ".ai" could simply be handled by "balvi". The sense that JCB had for ".ai" was like unto the American sailor's response "Aye, Aye! Sir!", hence the cognate. But we certainly now have the capacity to distinguish between "intent", "prediction", and "expectation" using the attitudinals, and "balvi" no longer satisfies me for ".ai". My choice of the top of my head would be "platu" using the new place structure that puts a planner in x1, instead of a plan (at least I hope I got that change in there - no list handy right now). lojbab