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Re: [lojban] Re: Language evolution
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:49:44PM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:08:58PM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote:
> > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 05:01:35PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > A language that conveyed all information unambiguously,
> > > > > say Ferrer i Cancho and Sol?, would have a separate word
> > > > > for every thing, concept or action it referred to. Such a
> > > > > language would be formidably complicated for the speaker:
> > > > > the green of grass, for example, would be represented by a
> > > > > totally different word to the green of sea, an emerald or
> > > > > an oak leaf.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry. If I had read this paragraph before I sent it here,
> > > > I wouldn't have bothered.
> > >
> > > ma naldrani
> >
> > le sidbo be le nu le cimni bangu cu sarcu le ka satci
>
> fancu fo tu'a lo kampabdu'i .enai lo kamsarcu .i va'i satci ma
mi na djuno .iseki'ubo mi na nelci le pamoi se tcidu .i mi krici le
tcidu cu na'e jimpe le si'o satci
> > > .i le ni sinxa cu tolpabdu'i le jei satci
> >
> > "tolpabdu'i" ?= inversely proportional?
> >
> > If so, I don't think that means what you want it to mean,
> > because what you just said means "As the number of symbols
> > increases, the amount of truth decreases".
>
> le jei ko'a jetnu cu drata le jei ko'a satci
.ie
> .i zo ni mapti zo sinxa ni'i le du'u su'oreda sinxa
.ie
> .i ku'i zo jei mapti zo satci ni'i le du'u ckilu do'e li 0 do'e li
> 1
.ie
> je'u le ni sinxa cu pabdu'i le jei lo sinxa cu satci
.iku'i do pu cusku lu to'i sa'enai ba'e toi to'e pabdu'i li'u .enai
lu pabdu'i li'u
.iji'a mi na tugni .i mi krici le du'u kakne le nu finti le satci
valsi sepi'o so'u valsi
.iku'i .ua do cusku tu'a lo valsi na.eku'i lo sinxa .i pe'i mi jimpe
.i mi ju'ocu'i tugni
-Robin
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