From jjllambias@hotmail.com Wed Jun 28 21:19:07 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5004 invoked from network); 29 Jun 2000 04:19:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 29 Jun 2000 04:19:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.170) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Jun 2000 04:19:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 39747 invoked by uid 0); 29 Jun 2000 04:19:06 -0000 Message-ID: <20000629041906.39746.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 200.41.247.51 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:19:06 PDT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.51] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: RE: [lojban] Complements and adjuncts Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:19:06 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 3306 la kolin cusku di'e >So you're arguing that all expressed terbri are complements (as well as >omitted terbri of the brivla and sumti omitted after sumti tcita?) That >would fit with their free ordering. Yes, I think that's what I'm saying. >How then would we express adjuncts? By attaching them to the whole bridi >(following vau for example)? I don't think there can be adjuncts as such, meaning some way to attach a BAI directly to the bridi such that when you say {BAI noda} you are not negating the whole predicate. It is I think fundamental to Lojban that all quantified variables can go straight to the prenex in their order of appearance. There are of course ways to express adjunctive notions, for example by using a separate bridi or by making a subordinate bridi out of the main one. co'o mi'e xorxes ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com