From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:53:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 1597 invoked from network); 19 Sep 1997 13:12:40 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 19 Sep 1997 13:12:40 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <14.E91A246B@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:12:29 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:08:20 +1000 Reply-To: HACKER G N Sender: Lojban list From: HACKER G N Subject: Re: Morphology X-To: Don Wiggins X-cc: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <0EGR003IWA8FPD@newcastle.edu.au> Content-Length: 501 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <9s2q2ciSUQP.A.ji.310kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Don Wiggins wrote: > > > "lo re spajipci" is "lo re spaJIPci", whereas "lo > > respa jipci" is "lo RESpa JIPci". > > However, the stress for cmavo is not restricted. Therefore it > is possible to say "lo RE spa JI pci" and this can be either > "lo RE spaJIPci" with a stressed cmavo or "lo REspa JIPci" as two gismu. But it is forbidden to stress a cmavo syllable before a gismu unless you put a compulsory pause after the cmavo, so strong disambiguation is maintained. Geoff