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[192.190.237.11]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dj17si1948532vdb.1.2012.12.07.08.51.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:51:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of cowan@ccil.org designates 192.190.237.11 as permitted sender) client-ip=192.190.237.11; Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Th19L-000644-IE; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:51:43 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 11:51:43 -0500 From: John Cowan To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Cc: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: [bpfk] polysemy of {nai} Message-ID: <20121207165143.GE26753@mercury.ccil.org> References: <95cdbee4-7ddc-4f7d-bb48-4591b7c3d915@googlegroups.com> <50C10003.1080806@lojban.org> <5406c1d2-ee78-4b41-ab68-06b7cf99dce7@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5406c1d2-ee78-4b41-ab68-06b7cf99dce7@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: cowan@ccil.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of cowan@ccil.org designates 192.190.237.11 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=cowan@ccil.org Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 1869 la gleki scripsit: > {na'e} says that we are somewere at another point but on the same scale. > {no'e} says we are in the middle of the same scale. > {to'e} says that we are at the opposite point of the same scale. Right. > {na'i} says that we are outside this scale (i.e. this predicate > relationship) "Na'i" says that there's something wrong with the way the statement is formulated. "Na'i I drove my car to work today" is a true statement, since I don't have a car and in fact don't drive. > {na}. Here I have a problem. According to what I draw {na} means that we > are not at this point of this scale and may be even outside this scale. > So for me {na} is (warning! bad grammar follows) {na'i ja na'e}. "Na" is not about scales either. It says no more and no less than that the rest of the sentence is untrue. "Na'e censa" is "secular", but "ti na na'e censa" does not reduce to "ti censa" logically, though it may do so pragmatically. > Anyway, I want all types of negation to fit on the same scheme. They don't, and aren't intended to. 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