I don't believer either actually exists. The first reference to a terminator being elidable is Chapter 5.5 (and here ke'e isn't associated with the word "terminator"). The first use of the word terminator is in 5.7 with be'o. Nor is is explicitly stated anywhere (that I've seen) the entire general concept that many grammatical in lojban are introduced with a cmavo, and closed with a terminator that may be elided under certain circumstance (Such as there being a terminator from an enclosing group, which implicitly terminates all internal groups that have not been terminated). It would probably be a good idea to include sucha conept in the CLL in English, but I don't think it exists. Probably Computer Science people such as me never noticed this lack, because it seems intuitively obvious to our mindset, but yeah, it should definitely be stated somwhere. (the end of Chapter 19 is as close as it comes, but yeah, basically, just a list, and obviously, the general concepts should probably be introduced earlier)
--gejyspa
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, .alyn.post.
<alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote:
The CLL frequently uses the phrase "elidable terminator." I'm
looking for a place in the book where this phrase is defined,
and preferably also a formal statement that elidable terminators
bind to their closest marker:
to to toi => (to (to toi))
lu lu li'u => (lu (lu li'u))
Is true, whereas:
to to toi => (to (to) toi)
lu lu li'u => (lu (lu) li'u)
Is incorrect.
Can someone point me to the chapter where this concept is discussed?
It is indirectly discussed all over the place, for specific
terminators, but I can't seem to find the principle described
anywhere.
I'm aware of the list of elidable terminators:
http://dag.github.com/cll/19/17/
But that page does not discuss usage or define them.
-Alan
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