Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 01:14:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801090614.BAA26499@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: le vofli tapla X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1359 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Jan 9 01:14:24 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >la kolin. cusku di'e > >> I was >> convinced there was a cmavo that you could use in tanru that bound >> tighter than jeks; and I thought that it was ci. But obviously it isn't, >> and I can't find it. I can only assume it is one of the few bits of >> Loglan which was not adopted into Lojban. > >Loglan "ci" is Lojban "bo", although "bo" has more uses. > >-- >John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org > e'osai ko sarji la lojban There was another cmavo in TLI Loglan that worked with tight scope in addition to ci - generally used to extend the constructs linked by a jek. I can't remeber what it is/was off-hand, but we dropped it because it turns out to be unnecessary - every construct it forms can be done another way, and furthermore, using it required forethought , and if you have forethought then ke is much clearer as to what is being grouped. 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.