From rob@twcny.rr.com Tue Jun 12 19:15:19 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 13 Jun 2001 02:15:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 91757 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2001 02:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 13 Jun 2001 02:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.121) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Jun 2001 02:14:57 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-1 [24.92.226.139]) by mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.2/RoadRunner 1.03) with ESMTP id f5D2DUW04154 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from riff ([24.95.175.101]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:13:30 -0400 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15A07K-0001AO-00 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:10:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:10:46 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] An approach to attitudinals Message-ID: <20010612221046.A4469@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: <20010612170520.X14438@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010612170520.X14438@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 7892 On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 05:05:20PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > Here's an extension that I think I like: > > 1. In a sentence by itself, UI is a bare emotion. > 2. At the front of a sentence, UI modifies the assertive nature of the > whole bridi. > 3. After a particular sumti, UI modifies the assertive nature of the > element, but leaves the assertive nature of the bridi alone. > 4. After the brivla, UI does not modify the assertive nature at all. I like it. It covers all the possibilites for what you would want to say. The only problem is that #2 contradicts actual usage with attitudinals like 'ui'. Perhaps 'ui' changes the assertiveness in a subtle way that doesn't really change the meaning. -- Rob Speer