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Re: [jboske] putative tense scope effects (was: RE:

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Subject: Re: [jboske] putative tense scope effects (was: RE:
From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:30:04 -0500 (EST)
In-reply-to: <20021028141825.E28822-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> from "Invent Yourself" at Oct 28, 2002 02:24:39 PM

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> And, to confirm, in your opinion, these Lojban sentences are actually
> identical in meaning?
> 
> ca ro djedi lo nanmu cu cinba la meris
> lo nanmu ca ro djedi cu cinba la meris

No, I hold that they mean "Concurrent with each day, there exists a man/men
who kiss(es) Mary" and "There exists a man/men who concurrent with each day
kiss(es) Mary". The first one is consistent with different kissers on
different days, whereas the second one is not.

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