[lojban] Re: Question to native English speakers

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

No; on inspection they all require either and article or plural -- mthat is, something that
conflictds with "another" as a determiner.

--- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/25/07, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > --- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > For normal adjectives, yes. For "another", unless used as a name,
> > > what context could give the "(another noun) noun" reading?
> >
> > Not context so much as intonation and juncture: longer pause before "map" than between
> "another"
> > and "world," stress and higher pitch on "another" but level to "world" and falling on "map"
> > (approximately, in my idiolect).
> 
> Yes, that's clear for normal adjectives. But can you give a sentence with
> "another world map" that would make sense with that intonation?
> 
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
> 
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