From lojbab Mon Mar 21 17:39:47 1994 Subject: Re: TECH: Various To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu From: John Cowan Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 17:39:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojbab (Logical Language Group) In-Reply-To: <199403212150.AA08465@nfs1.digex.net> from "Matthew Faupel" at Mar 21, 94 09:48:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 790 Status: RO Message-ID: la matius. cusku di'e > 1. Use of "dakau" to specify exactly what sort of a property abstraction is > being created. > > Seems fine to me. Would the omission of "dakau" result in the assumption of > x1 being the place in question or of it being left to the hearer to > interpret from context? Interpret from context, as almost always in Lojban. The only time x1 is magic is in descriptions. > What effect does this have on existing text? Very little. The problem which led to the "old" convention wasn't discovered until a few months ago (although adumbrations of it have existed since 1975 or even earlier, as with most Lojban problems). Possibly no text needs to change at all. -- John Cowan sharing account for now e'osai ko sarji la lojban.