From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Wed Mar 1 12:35:26 1995 From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Date: Wed Mar 1 12:35:26 1995 Subject: Re: On {lo} and existence Status: RO Message-ID: la i,n cusku di'e > (Historical digression: This list normally uses the term "specific" > to denote something _known to the speaker_. I still haven't found > a good replacement for the more general sense of something precise, > unique (though not necessarily singular in number), which is the > sense I intend above.) Perhaps we could use "identified referent" instead of "specific referent" for {le broda}. The speaker knows which one is the individual that satisfies the predication (or which ones). In the case of {lo broda}, the speaker may or may not know which one, the claim is only that there is at least one broda that fits the bill. Jorge