From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:45:34 2010 Reply-To: Jorge Llambias Sender: Lojban list Date: Wed Dec 6 20:19:49 1995 From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: TECH: PROPOSED GRAMMAR CHANGE X4: Forethought bridi and bridi-tail connection X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu, jorge@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Dec 6 20:19:49 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: <3l3VAF9UtSJ.A.qJF.Ou0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> la lojbab cusku di'e > I will pass on agreeing or disagreeing whether there is no semantic > distinction between a bridi-tail and a sentence; for onr thing, I am not > sure what you mean by the statement. I mean that a bridi-tail is a sentence in all but name. > The same sentence written with foreterms > and a bridi-tail vs. only tail-terms does have a semantic difference - > that of "observative" form. What is the semantic difference between {ta blanu} and {blanu fa ta}? I don't see any special semantic content in the "observative" form. At most it is a matter of emphasis, but that also exists in sentences with foreterms, like {ko'a ko'e broda} vs {ko'a broda ko'e}. Jorge