From lojbab@access.digex.net  Sat Mar  6 22:44:51 2010
From: lojbab@access.digex.net
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 10:52:20 -0400 (EDT)
To: dpt@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU
Subject: Re: Reflexivity
X-From-Space-Date: Mon May 15 12:52:20 1995
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Message-ID: <1otbrSo_3wB.A.oeE.jt0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org>

Looking at the debate on sevzi, I suspect that the wording of the
definition is the weak point.  "self-image" was specifically intended by
me to refer to reflexivity.  But English had no obvious word for it.
"He loves his reflexive" (???).

I see no problem in my image of sevzi with saying
"le toknu cu lumci leri sevzi  as
being essentially identical in meaning to
"le toknu cu lumci ri"

I can probably be convinced that there is indeed a separate concept of
"Self" that sevzi should cover, and we need a different way to lujvo-ize
a reflexive.

I might be inclined to just give "ri" a rafsi - "riz" is the only
relevant one available though.  And the rafsi assignments for sevzi
assumed the usage frequency implicit in its being the reflexive.

lojbab