Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA21565 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 1995 17:34:21 +0200 Message-Id: <199512121534.RAA21565@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 273A277E ; Tue, 12 Dec 1995 16:34:21 +0100 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:45:02 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: TECH: observative X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199512090218.VAA18789@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Dec 8, 95 11:58:55 pm Content-Length: 532 Lines: 14 la .and. cusku di'e > An observative is > a bridi with absent x1 - full stop. For absent x-other-than-1 we > haven't bothered with special names. Part of the trouble is that the term "observative" has two senses, one semantic, one syntactic. In the first sense, it means "sentence with x1 not expressed." In the second sense, it means "sentence with no terms before the selbri". These often coincide, but not always. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.