Re: [lojban] Thoughts on lojban prosody

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- tbovee@daypoems.net wrote:
> Rhyme, I think, does not work very well in a language where most words ends
> in a vowel--there are just too many possible rhymes, there's no challenge,
> and so the reader is denied the pleasure of hearing a clever rhyme. 

My understanding is that in order for two words to rhyme, they
must be equal from the stressed vowel on, not just end with the same 
vowel. So {catra} rhymes with {matra}, but not with {tavla}.

Here are a couple of rhyming limmericks in Lojban:
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=doi+dirba

> I wonder, however, if it makes sense to consider lojban a strongly stressed
> language. Since the aim of lojban is to be culture neutral, and since a large
> portion of the human race speaks languages that do not recognize stress as a
> linguistic element, then would it not be better to regard lojban neutral on
> the question, to be stressed or unstressed according to the speaker's
> preference?

Unfortunately, stress is used as a key element in Lojban to avoid
ambiguity in the resolution of words.

> A syllabic count scheme, something like the Japanese haiku and waka, would
> work nicely with lojban, with its vocabulary of short words. One could pack a
> lot of imagery into a 5-3-5 syllable count.

Here you can find some Lojban haiku:
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=pemcrxaiku

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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