[lojban] Re: "la" rule

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 08:02:28PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote:
> 
> 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.

Aaaaah.  You didn't mention that part.  That makes a huge
difference.

-Robin

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