Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tIGR3-0000ZUC; Wed, 22 Nov 95 16:46 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 18339E33 ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:46:04 +0100 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:53:26 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: vuo X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199511211831.NAA21355@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Nov 21, 95 06:15:49 pm Content-Length: 719 Lines: 25 la .and. cusku di'e > But surely one gardenpaths on that. That is, you'd parse it as > > by e [lua dy] e gy > > until you hit {luu}, and then I guess you'd have to backtrack. > Or is there some quirk of the grammar of LUhU that says it's not > elidable before a sumti connective, so that if you want [lua dy] then > you'd have to say: > > by e lua dy luu e gy Essentially yes. Because LAhE/LUhU form parentheses that enclose a full sumti, any connectives will be heard as belonging to the enclosed sumti. > ? And the terminators are not elidable in > > by e lua lae dy luu e gy luu ne zy Right. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.