Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tJKoJ-0000ZUC; Sat, 25 Nov 95 15:38 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 27C217AD ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:38:31 +0100 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 08:37:58 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: sei X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 566 Lines: 16 Jorge: >In any case, what do you think of {le voksa cu cusku sei krefu sei krefu >lu li'o li'u} for "the voice said over and over again and again ..." >Would that be an appropriate use for an "indicator"? That is not how I would interpret the text. More like The voice SAID said said (kind of like and echoing) or perhaps The voice said (I say again) (And AGAIN). A little hard to decide which given no context. Metalinguistic means (to me) that the utterance or portion thereof which is marked is an explicit or implied place in the sei-tagged selbri. lojbab