[lojban] Re: X-bar, chomsky and lojban

[Alex Martini <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

coi bil.

I can't say so for certain, but it seems quite likely that it does. I  
can't think of any grammatical parts that don't break up into two  
smaller pieces eventually leading to a specifier/adjunct/complement  
plus a head.

Based, of course, on my limited understanding of the theory from  
Wikipedia and some knowledge of grammar. My other clue is in the  
formal definitions of the language. I can't seem to find the original  
website it's from anymore anymore, but the dictionary I have lists  
out what parts combine how in a structure that could be pretty easily  
broken down into a tree. I can email out the PDF if anyone's  
interested. CLL has a grammar that's more formal and quite a bit less  
readable.

http://www.xahlee.org/lojban/hrefgram/chapter21.html

mu'omi'e .aleks.


On May 15, 2006, at 6:27 PM, bill@thebranchhearth.net wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone know if the Lojban grammar is consistent with the X-bar  
> theory
> put forth by Chomsky.
>
> As far as we know, all natural languages are consistent with X-bar  
> at the
> deep structure level.
>
> Regards,
> Bill


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