From ragnarok@pobox.com Thu Jan 31 19:01:08 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: raganok@intrex.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 1 Feb 2002 03:01:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 31489 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2002 03:01:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 Feb 2002 03:01:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO intrex.net) (209.42.192.246) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2002 03:01:06 -0000 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.98] by intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id A548A53900F4; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:02:32 -0500 To: "lojban" Subject: RE: Truth Value of UI (was: Re: UI for 'possible' (was: Re: [lojban] Bibletranslation style question) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:01:09 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" Reply-To: X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 13146 >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, And Rosta wrote: >> >> > Xod: >> > >> > I have argued that ".ui" has a truth value. It is "true" when the speaker >> > is actually happy. All utterances have truth value, even "ouch!". >> > ******************************************* >> > >> > Your contention is incorrect. The difference between "ui" and "mi gleki" >> > is precisely that only the latter has a truth value. >> >> How do you intend to prove to me that ".ui" lacks a truth value? >Maybe someone will come up with further arguments, but I offer this: vi'o. I propose this: if '.ui' had a truth value, then it would be indistinguishable from 'mi gleki' - and thus there would have been no need to create it, as we could use 'mi gleki' instead. The problem, I think, comes from seeing '.ui' as an utterance just because it is audible. You can hear a sigh, but it is not an utterance. '.ui' is like that. --la kreig.daniyl. '.i do cu vanci le ba panje xusra .i denci gunma le se gidva' xy.sy. gubmau ckiku nacycme: 0x5C3A1E74