From cowan Mon Nov 27 13:31:30 1995 Subject: Re: from the paper archives - pc on abstractors and tense From: John Cowan To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:31:30 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <199511261340.IAA21188@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Nov 26, 95 01:28:41 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 531 Status: OR Message-ID: <38iZz4-UmMB.A.TsB.r50kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> > My criticism of {mue}/{puo}/{zahi}/{zuo} is only that the traditional > system of 4 situation types has been cast in stone by privileging > them with their own cmavo. The system is certainly useful descriptively, > but it is underlain by a different, simpler and more revealing system > - or so I think and so others think, even if people differ on the details > of their preferred analysis. Enlighten us, {doi febvi logji prenu}. What is this underlying system? -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.