From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat Sep 19 18:33:36 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:33:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MpBJ2-0006HW-D0 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:33:36 -0700 Received: from mail-ew0-f216.google.com ([209.85.219.216]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MpBIx-0006G2-Mp for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:33:36 -0700 Received: by ewy12 with SMTP id 12so2054559ewy.0 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:33:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=eCB31mzIh51oXgHtNKNkrxhhwxUbZ0IBo3hZMC6QAe4=; b=vp3r/Ok4LdW/qqAgrTZthjF3r/Jx3uRJueoRMZ3s3kya76uZKn9otjNvuDdDusmnCm EWA4cS1pzFcttv+xAbSwpdF4/dr2C6JqynYn1ZEgEwbv6ANS8SOCmaSQRQA4CT0EHL2Z eNfOQeOEUQ8qYf5gsq7uLBKEsJODqa8p3ejwY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=NI4eNjLqeoZzHaGiz9gnp4NmF7jHvRo+lhBftQ7yQHuYJOiUl1xsJmeDnL1XDJwdmH w/vyZSG6Uw2IIcYGmx+q7Cl3De4pKMjToD0WRpvyjQC5Zib7JshsHUNlhCowFvOztLlN t2AT7AYU8XEt3fdZU6zT9UbJK3+XnGfIPx/Kg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.90.12 with SMTP id d12mr825280wef.64.1253410404196; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:33:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090920012343.GA25502@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <95b2fb130908251135k62d10a8dhfb3ccc4cf3ad3fa0@mail.gmail.com> <20090920012343.GA25502@sdf.lonestar.org> From: Daniel Brockman Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:33:04 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] Re: How many possible gismu? To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 16222 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: dbrockman@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list >> So here's a question to you all: given that we should NEVER even >> consider creating new gismu, well, then why don't we allow fu'ivla to >> have CVCCV or CCVCV form? > .skamyxatra > > Because those {fu'ivla} would be new {gismu}.  The CVCCV/CCVCV form is the > defining feature of {gismu} that sets them apart morphologically from other > {brivla}. So if gismu is just a morphological property, then why not create new ones? What's the reason? -- Daniel Brockman daniel@brockman.se To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.