Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 23:00:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711140400.XAA03195@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Ashley Yakeley Sender: Lojban list From: Ashley Yakeley Subject: Re: Non-figurative lojban as a "style" X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 519 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Nov 13 23:00:18 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU At 1997-11-12 20:25, Chris Bogart wrote: >I propose that rather than worry about figurative Lojban too much we >simply coin some english or lojban terms for two different lojban >"styles" -- one allowing things like unmarked irony, metonymy, allegory, >etc., and one not. (There's probably a better linguistic term for this >-- mode? register? mood? dialect? pragmalect?) 'Usage', perhaps, since it's the same language, but used in two different ways. -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA http://www.halcyon.com/ashleyb/