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Re: [lojban] Another preliminary note on Indirect Questions

To: pycyn@aol.com
Subject: Re: [lojban] Another preliminary note on Indirect Questions
From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:36:47 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com
In-reply-to: <9e.186b2269.28a34f4b@aol.com> from "pycyn@aol.com" at "Aug 8, 2001 10:28:27 pm"

pycyn@aol.com scripsit:
> It seems a stupid point, but indirect questions are by definition questions 
> in indirect discourse. Consequently *they* can only occur as arguments of 
> predicates of linguistic activity, where it would be possible to use direct 
> discourse -- a quote -- instead. 

So you think it impossible for a cat to know how many kittens it has?

I think "linguistic" is le mot injuste.

-- 
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter

References:
- Another preliminary note on Indirect Questions
  - From: pycyn@aol.com

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