Received: from spooler by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 31 Dec 98 22:39:23 +0000 Return-path: Received: from punt-11.mail.demon.net (194.217.242.34) by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 31 Dec 98 22:39:18 +0000 Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 915139399:10:00480:8; Thu, 31 Dec 98 21:23:19 GMT Received: from pop.onelist.com ([209.207.164.31]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1000496; 31 Dec 98 21:23 GMT Received: (qmail 8625 invoked by alias); 31 Dec 1998 21:24:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 8607 invoked from network); 31 Dec 1998 21:24:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO zmailer.easynet.fr) (195.114.64.232) by pop.onelist.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 1998 21:24:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 22315 invoked from network); 31 Dec 1998 21:23:53 -0000 Received: from mrelay2.easynet.fr (195.114.64.231) by zmailer.easynet.fr with QMQP; 31 Dec 1998 21:23:53 -0000 Received: from x1-42-lyon.pops.easynet.fr (HELO leo) (212.11.30.106) by mrelay2.easynet.fr with SMTP; 31 Dec 1998 21:23:11 -0000 Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19981231212445.00684014@easynet.fr> X-Sender: leo@easynet.fr X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 22:24:45 +0100 To: Lojban ML From: Lionel Bonnetier Mailing-List: list lojban@onelist.com; contact lojban-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@onelist.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [lojban] Origin of potentiality and capability modals X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 7 1 Y04682.CNM Content-Length: 847 Lines: 22 From: Lionel Bonnetier A friend of mine working on semantic representation in software is now on the deeper meaning of the auxiliary verbs in English. I'm interested in knowing whether the modals ka'e, nu'o, pu'i (especially the latter) all have equivalents in some natural languages, or were coined for Lojban. Thank you. Happy new year! Lionel ~~~~~ Lionel Bonnetier ~~~~~ leo@easynet.fr ~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, or to change your subscription to digest, go to the ONElist web site, at http://www.onelist.com and select the User Center link from the menu bar on the left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com