| In a message dated 5/20/2001 2:32:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
jcowan@reutershealth.com writes: Not at all. The "zo'u" construct can be either a logical prenex Unfortunately true, but note that, as usage gets worse (in the examples given on p.468 omit even non-topic sumti), intelligibility drops toward the expected null. On the other hand, it is pretty clear that in approximately good usage, the fronted sumti is either the first unfilled place or is anaphorized. Other possibilities defy the conventions of cooperative communication, given Lojban conventions (I don't know about Chinese conventions, but I suspect that the examples of that are either viewed as dirty tricks or have a standard interpretation). The fact that we can talk drivel does not make it good form to do so. |