From lojbab@lojban.org Sun Jan 06 07:44:30 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 6 Jan 2002 15:44:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 35377 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2002 15:44:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Jan 2002 15:44:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jan 2002 15:44:27 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (209-8-89-122.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.122]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g06FiQH12431 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:44:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020106103913.04d66100@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 10:43:16 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] cmavo index? In-Reply-To: <20020104151852.B24923@cc96364-a.hwrd1.md.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 12835 At 03:18 PM 1/4/02 -0500, jspickes@etrademail.com wrote: >In my newbieness, I find that I have some difficulty finding understandable >explanations of the grammar/use/meaning of the copious cmavo I'm running >into. The ma'oste is of some use, but its descriptions are necessarily >terse, and often unintelligible to a non-linguist such as myself. The >reference grammar and draft textbook seem to have pretty good descriptions >of how the cmavo all work, but it's often difficult for me to determine >where in these documents I should look for the description I'm seeking. > >I'm wondering, has anyone put together an index of sorts, that would allow a >noob to rapidly locate complete descriptions of the cmavo? I would think >that an index organized according to the selma'o would work for many cases, >at least in the cases of the smaller selma'o. Larger selma'o (like, UI for >example) are spread across many sections of the reference grammar, and so it >would be necessary to index by the individual cmavo. Umm. If you buy the book from LLG, the printed book has a 60 page index. (Your not mentioning that index suggests that you haven't bought the book). The cmavo examples in the book are included in the index. (Not every cmavo is exemplified of course.) lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org