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Re: CAha (was: partial instantiations)
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: CAha (was: partial instantiations)
- From: John Cowan <cowan@DRV.CBC.COM>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:03:21 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Lojban Peripheral
- Reply-to: John Cowan <cowan@DRV.CBC.COM>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
la .and. cusku di'e
> (i) Is {da ka`e broda}
>
> {ka`e ku da broda} = {cumki fa lo nu da broda}
>
> or
>
> {da ka`e ku broda} = {da zo`u cumki fa lo nu da broda}
>
> ?
The answer is not defined at present, since we don't have rules
for interacting CAhAs with quantified variables.
> (ii) How can one express the idea "At time T, subject S is
> being/doing P", as opposed to "At time T=now, S is P"? (I
> thought that {ca`a} has a default expansion to {ca ca`a}.)
No, "ca'a" is no more implicitly "ca" than tenseless bridi are
implicitly "ca" (and no less, either).
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
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