Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:29:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n13a.bulk.scd.yahoo.com ([66.94.237.24]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CK4Lq-00009H-N0 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:29:14 -0700 Received: from [66.218.69.4] by n13.bulk.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Oct 2004 00:28:43 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.198] by mailer4.bulk.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Oct 2004 00:28:43 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 99214 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2004 00:28:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Oct 2004 00:28:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ratanakiri.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.37) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 00:28:42 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by ratanakiri.reutershealth.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id i9K0QPlT018666; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:26:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:28:30 -0400 To: phma@phma.hn.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com, Hedy Bos Message-ID: <20041020002830.GD12809@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <20041018165014.GI22470@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20041018201640.GA9333@skunk.reutershealth.com> <200410191805.26873.phma@phma.hn.org> In-Reply-To: <200410191805.26873.phma@phma.hn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.37 From: John Cowan 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: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:28:30 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: [hedybos@hotmail.com: Feedback (long, sorry)))] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 8800 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Content-Length: 1605 Lines: 45 Pierre Abbat scripsit: > Including terminators? There is nothing quite like terminators elsewhere that I know of, but there are languages (like Chinese) where clauses are marked at the end rather than the beginning. > A spoken word indicating a quotation occurs in Sanskrit; but the beginning of > the quotation is not marked. Attitudinals occur in some language near the > India-Burma border, Lahu I think. Other examples? Many languages of South America have attitudinals. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan [R]eversing the apostolic precept to be all things to all men, I usually [before Darwin] defended the tenability of the received doctrines, when I had to do with the [evolution]ists; and stood up for the possibility of [evolution] among the orthodox -- thereby, no doubt, increasing an already current, but quite undeserved, reputation for needless combativeness. --T. H. Huxley ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/