From nsn  Sat Mar  6 22:52:51 2010
From: nsn (Nick Nicholas)
Subject: Re: Place structure paper, version 1.2
To: cowan@snark.thyrsus.com (John Cowan)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 17:23:03 +1000 (EST)
Cc: nsn (Nick Nicholas)
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The Seraphim surely rejoiced when John Cowan spoke thus:

#> #2.1)	mi cu klama la bastn. la .atlantas. le dargu le karce
#> #	I go to-Boston from-Atlanta via-the road using-the car.
#> It'd be useful to make this sentence as informative as possible, to foster
#> the awareness in the reader that places, which do often get elided, aren't
#> included for fun, but have a real communicative function.
#A good point, considered in isolation, but I want to keep the individual
#sumti simple for easy comprehension.  The sentence only has to make
#minimal sense.

There'd still be nought wrong with calling the cr "la ford."

#> #Structurally,
#> #however, they are quite different.  Example 4.1 has "la bastn." in the
#> #x1 place and "mi" in the x2 place of the selbri "se klama", and uses
#> #standard bridi order; Example 4.2 has "mi" in the x1 place and "la bastn."
#> #in the x2 place of the selbri "klama", and uses a non-standard order.
#> A sentence or two, here, of how the emphasis is changed as a result.
#How is the emphasis changed?  It's not really clear to me.

Oh I dunno, some of the generalities to do with how passivisation changes
focus and all that, and how that applies to Lojban. Not crucial.

#> To stress this, some more examples would be useful, showing how using a
#> different modal in the same sentence gives different shades of meanings.
#> Unfortunately any such example would probably sound strained.
#If you have any on tap, I'll put them in!
I'll get back to you on this one.

#A .sig you might like:

*smile* I did...

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