From lojban-out@lojban.org Sun Sep 24 02:46:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 34778 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2006 09:46:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.33) by m27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Sep 2006 09:46:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Sep 2006 09:46:38 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRQWB-0001iy-2u for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:43:23 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRQTD-0000zI-IH; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:40:20 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:40:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRQSd-0000yZ-EB for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:39:43 -0700 Received: from imo-m16.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.206]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRQSa-0000yQ-HD for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:39:42 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m16.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id d.48a.9334498 (57293) for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:39:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48a.9334498.3247ac53@wmconnect.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:39:31 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_48a.9334498.3247ac53_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-archive-position: 12614 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com From: lojban-out@lojban.org Reply-To: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Subject: [lojban] homonymy vs. synonymy X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=jHLqo8flt3wFghaZqc3tGfK5mmsQ8ybntEAuAHIbRq7HaxHLeQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27048 --part1_48a.9334498.3247ac53_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/24/2006 4:21:47 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > I came upon a collection of writeups by Jim Hurford, one of which is > called "Why Synonymy is Rare". He ran an experiment to find out why homonyms > are common, even in languages which don't borrow from other languages, while > synonyms are rare and are usually the result of borrowing. In Lojban > homonymous brivla are forbidden, while synonyms exist, resulting from two > people borrowing different words from another language or using different > phrases to make lujvo. > http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/author/jhurford.html > > phma > More specifically: http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/hurford03ECAL.html stevo --part1_48a.9334498.3247ac53_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 9/24/2006 4:21:47 AM Ce= ntral Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


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http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/author/jhurford.html

phma


More specifically:
http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/hurford03ECAL.html

stevo --part1_48a.9334498.3247ac53_boundary--