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Re: [lojban] Re: "la" rule




On 13 Nov, 2006, at 19:49, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:45:21PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote:

On 13 Nov, 2006, at 17:36, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

Robert McIvor wrote:


And the rule was altered to cover the LaPlace situation. I
believe  the current solution allows unambiguous parsing of
names (in  Loglan), and has only the restriction that names end
with a  consonant and a pause.
I'm still not fully understanding how the new Loglan rule covers
all cases. What about someone named, say {parmalagan}? Is {la
parmalagan} a single person, or is it {la parma la gan}, two
sumti,  the first being LA on a hypothetical predicate {parma}?

la parmalagan would be la Parmalagan, because la parma would need
to  be followed by a pause to be la parma la gan

Why is that, exactly?  That wasn't mentioned in your full
description.

There has to be a pause after a name, whether a predicate used as a name or a proper name. This signals the end of the name. The pause is before the second la. I presume when a predicate is used with la, it is intended to specify a particular instance of that predicate.

Is that a pause before la, or a pause after anything after la, even
if it's not a name?

-Robin

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