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Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:50:39 -0500
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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Why is place structure implied by selbri and
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IIRC, place structures were introduced in the original Loglan to avoid the
inconsistency of prepositional use. This idea was continued in Lojban.

stevo

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Collin Damskov <collin.damskov@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't know a whole lot about lojban, but it seems to me that it would be
> difficult to learn simply because each selbri has its own implied place
> structures.  Is there no way to encode place structure by using a particle
> or something without reducing grammatical ambiguity?  Why do it this way
> instead of something that doesn't require such intense memorization of
> place structures?  Am I missing something important here?
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace">IIRC, place structures were introduced in the original Logla=
n to avoid the inconsistency of prepositional use. This idea was continued =
in Lojban.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:cou=
rier new,monospace"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fa=
mily:courier new,monospace">stevo</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Collin Damsko=
v <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:collin.damskov@gmail.com" target=
=3D"_blank">collin.damskov@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">I don&#39;t know a whole lot about lojban, but it seems t=
o me that it would be difficult to learn simply because each selbri has its=
 own implied place structures.=C2=A0 Is there no way to encode place struct=
ure by using a particle or something without reducing grammatical ambiguity=
?=C2=A0 Why do it this way instead of something that doesn&#39;t require su=
ch intense memorization of place structures?=C2=A0 Am I missing something i=
mportant here?<br>
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