Re: [lojban] na nei

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 00-10-11 06:50:54 EDT, you write:

<< s the sentence "na nei" an Epimenides paradox?
 
 At first glance, it seems to mean "this sentence is false".  But, I
 remember reading somewhere in the grammar that double negatives don't
 cancel each other out - they reinforce each other.  Is this correct? >>

Well, it's not clear that {na nei} *is* a sentence, since the {nei} has
no referent to repeat; I don't think it is intended to be self-
referential.  On the other hand, as you would expect in a logical
language, double negations do cancel out rather than reinforce (I
am not clear where the double negation comes in here, but that
goes pack to point one.)