Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 02:43:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711290743.CAA19895@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Indirect questions X-To: a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1186 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Nov 29 02:43:46 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >I predict that if this is left to ordinary usage, words like >"bacru" and "zo" (and many many others) will become homonymous. I think that as you seem to be defining the term, "zo" is alrteady homonymous in that it has a broader meaning than, "lo". All it does is quote a single word and use that quote as a sumti. It does not say what the significance of that single word is in the predication for which it is a sumti. It need not be a real Lojban word - merely a valid Lojban morphological word form. This leaves lots of semantic slop. So be it. I think that if bacru seems too vague, people will resolve it by making two lujvo that distinguish between whatever nuances you are implying (which I won't pretend to understand). lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.