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Re: [jboske] putative tense scope effects (was: RE: Concrete examples of Llam...



In a message dated 10/24/2002 9:48:40 PM Central Daylight Time, xod@thestonecutters.net writes:

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I take it as axiomatic that sumti order affects nothing but stress or
attention or focus.

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Well, if the sumtis involve quantifier (as an amazing number do in Lojban and Llamban), order affects the relative scope of the quantifiers involved.  This, which I take it to be the (or a majort part of the) viable point of xorxes' ramble, needs to be worked out carefully. 
As usual, I think that looking at it in a conditonal contexts is, if not the right answer, at least the right place to start.