From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat May 20 18:54:24 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 20 May 2006 18:54:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Fhd8u-00082d-IS for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 20 May 2006 18:54:04 -0700 Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Fhd8r-00082F-Lm for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 20 May 2006 18:54:04 -0700 Received: from localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7646BEBCB1 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 08:53:58 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96868-04 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 08:53:57 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.211.ru (mail [10.5.1.2]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24B59EBCB0 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 08:53:57 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from host-102-2-129.211.ru (host-102-2-129.211.ru [10.102.2.129]) by mail.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A995C19 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 08:53:56 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 08:53:57 +0700 From: Yanis Batura X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.5.30) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <459363086.20060521085357@mail.ru> To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Specifying Context MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------17C65E7C6F53D" X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 11642 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ybatura@mail.ru Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------------17C65E7C6F53D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit coi ro do la lojban. xamgu Can anyone summarize, which instruments are there in Lojban for explicit specification of context for the meaning of the words of the speaker? In these examples explicit context is between asterisks. - Dragons can fly, *in fantasy world context* - There are no dragons *in the real world* - All bears are animals *in the real world* - All bears have something common *in human discourse* - The car is green *in your context*, but *in my context* it is white - The line is infinite to both sides *in abstract math / in theory* - There are no infinite lines *in everyday life* etc. mi'e .ianis. P.S. / ba lo se ciska: Oh sorry, I am an ignoramus in the subtle differences between English words "context" and "setting" used by mega-linguists here :)) ------------17C65E7C6F53D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

coi ro do la lojban. xamgu


Can anyone summarize, which instruments are there in Lojban for explicit specification of context for the meaning of the words of the speaker?

In these examples explicit context is between asterisks.


- Dragons can fly, *in fantasy world context*

- There are no dragons *in the real world*

- All bears are animals *in the real world*

- All bears have something common *in human discourse*

- The car is green *in your context*, but *in my context* it is white

- The line is infinite to both sides *in abstract math / in theory*

- There are no infinite lines *in everyday life*


etc.


mi'e .ianis.


P.S. / ba lo se ciska:

Oh sorry, I am an ignoramus in the subtle differences between English words "context" and "setting" used by mega-linguists here  :))

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