From cowan Sat Mar 6 22:57:44 2010 Subject: Re: TECH: PROPOSED GRAMMAR CHANGE X3: Extension of JA To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List) From: cowan Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:20:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <199511280140.UAA00778@locke.ccil.org> from "Jorge Llambias" at Nov 27, 95 06:43:47 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 922 Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Nov 29 14:20:49 1995 X-From-Space-Address: cowan Message-ID: la xorxes. cusku di'e > CHANGE X3 > > PRESENT LANGUAGE: > > JA and JOI have very similar grammars, but JOI is allowed in many > cases where JE is not. > > PROPOSED CHANGE: > > Allow jeks wherever joiks are allowed. > > RATIONALE: > > It simplifies the logical connective system. With this change (plus change > X2), JA becomes the only logical connectives ever required. The others are > still available for those who prefer them. I myself proposed this some years ago, but I was persuaded to withdraw it, and I think the objection is the same that met my proposal: we are already too close to "anything goes" in syntax. It will become too easy to make mistakes with logical connectives (which are a critical part of the logical-language core) that are grammatical but don't mean what you want. Lojban is altogether too rich in such things already. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.