In a message dated 3/12/2002 2:56:35 PM Central Standard Time, arosta@uclan.ac.uk writes:The syntax of Lojban is such that every "lo" sumti can be Well, I think this is probably due to lack of ingenuity on somebodies part, but since I share that with them, i.e., have no clue how to do it in extreme cases, I'll take that as a defect. Not much of one, of course, since I really do want to have {da poi} on the importing side but I was following Cowan's example and the advice of improbability in ttrying to ndail down the different forms. Also, it seems to leave only the ultimate forms or something very like them for the free forms and that is probably too yucky to mention (maybe that was what the advice about not getting {da poi} as + meant). <Further, if Jorge and pc want to propose comprehensive systems for importing and nonimporting quantifiers, they should be done solely on the basis of "da poi ke'a", since only such a system will generalize to all cases. In this respect, Jorge's and pc's proposals are equally defective.> How disappointing! But it does provide a nice agreeable ending for the discussion. Except that we now have no forms for the people who seem to want - forms. Not a great loss, I think, but they (and I rather think & and surely xorxes are in the group) will want to protest. Well, let them come up with a good answer, then. |