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Re: [lojban] More stuff
Earlier today I posted in response to Nick a hierarchy of lesser to greater
changes to the baseline. Nora said that it came out unreadable to her
because of the line wrapping, so I'm reposting that portion with more care
taken.
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For baseline changes, I think there is a hierarchy of stability, and for
any part of the language definition, we want to think multiple times before
elevating the to a higher level of change consideration, because opening
the door to one change invites other changes at the same level and sooner
or later you won't recognize the language.
Lowest to highest
1 typo correction
2 clarification that does not contradict a viable denotation of the
existing definition
3 clarification that basically admits I/we chose poor wording so that the
denotation of the existing definition is misleading (rewording a gismu
definition)
4 splitting of a word into two words to resolve polysemy
5 addition of a new word not justified by polysemy on a currently
unassigned cmavo (or adding a single line YACC grammar rule that changes no
others, e.g. CAhA+NAI, adding a place to place structure)
6 deleting an assigned cmavo because it is useless (deleting a place from
place structure, or a gismu)
7 addition of a new word reusing such a deassigned cmavo (seems much higher
than using an unassigned cmavo - I would support using xVV before
reassigning tei even if tei is deleted (changing a place structure other
than simple addition or deletion)
Note that while deleting a cmavo, deleting a place from a place structure,
or gismu are all listed as level 6, the hierarchy for each area has a
different level of assumed stability, so deleting an apparently useless
cmavo should be a little easier than deleting a useless gismu or place
structure.
lojbab
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