Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sun, 14 Nov 1993 02:50:56 -0500 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sun, 14 Nov 1993 02:50:51 -0500 Message-Id: <199311140750.AA25237@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6860; Sun, 14 Nov 93 02:50:35 EST Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4106; Sun, 14 Nov 93 02:50:20 EDT Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1993 02:48:18 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: more Eaton, anyone? X-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU X-Cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Wed Nov 13 21:48:18 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET #urgency ... Urgency to me would have to have some kind of vajni in its definition, not necessarily sarcu JL> > #> A single word for "douanier" would be bargu'ekrabe'itekykurji JL> > #I think you need more glue to hold that monster together. JL> > Actually, I think you don't --- and I think that's a big problem with the JL> > morphology algorithm; we expect ourselves to supply that glue. I have JL> > proposed making the glue requirements the same for all syllables, rather JL> > than them being dispensed with after the second, but Lojbab was against i JL> --More-- JL> JL> But then how do you distinguish it from {bargu'e krabe'i tekykurji}? I JL> guess that if you are careful where you place secondary stresses, it is JL> possible. I don't care either way, since hopefully, such words will be JL> rare. A secondary stress is not a primary stress. It should be distinctly weaker than the primary stress as perceived by the listener, or indeed the morphology algorithm breaks down - and on much simpler words. lojbab