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Re: [lojban] RECORD: emotions

To: "lojban@onelist.com" <lojban@egroups.com>
Subject: Re: [lojban] RECORD: emotions
From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 14:14:13 -0400
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"James F. Carter" wrote:

> In Lojban, how do you tag a bridi to indicate that it's performative?

There's an evidential for "true by definition", which when attached to
non-definitions makes them performatives, i.e. true because I say so.

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References:
- Re: [lojban] RECORD: emotions
  - From: "James F. Carter" <jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU>

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