From sentto-44114-15368-1030909124-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Sun Sep 01 12:39:23 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:39:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17laZ7-000738-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:39:21 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15368-1030909124-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Sep 2002 19:38:44 -0000 X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 1 Sep 2002 19:38:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 41400 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2002 19:38:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 Sep 2002 19:38:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao03.cox.net) (68.1.17.242) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Sep 2002 19:38:44 -0000 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.206.153]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20020901193842.GVBZ16428.lakemtao03.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:38:42 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020901153543.031dc500@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: From: Robert LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:37:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] dictionary - which words? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 898 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 02:49 PM 9/1/02 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote: >Is the use of the word "modal" instead of "preposition" purely >a Lojban thing? I think the usual (non-Lojban) sense of "modal" >has more to do with what some UIs do. The only Lojban modals >that might be standard modals are {ka'e} and {ca'a}, right? The reason for using "modal" is that they are used in parallel with tense constructs modifying the predication. Why THOSE are called modals is a question for a linguist to answer. -- 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Looking for a more powerful website? Try GeoCities for $8.95 per month. Register your domain name (http://your-name.com). More storage! No ads! http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info http://us.click.yahoo.com/aHOo4D/KJoEAA/MVfIAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/